Glenn Allen Corbett v. Rodney McAbee, et al.

FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
JUNE 1, 2012
JOHN LEY
CLERK
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 11-14381
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 5:09-cv-00362-RBP
GLENN ALLEN CORBETT,
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
RODNEY MCABEE,
RICK BROWN,
Madison County Sheriff Deputies,
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Alabama
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(June 1, 2012)
Before WILSON, JORDAN, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM:
Glenn Corbett, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s dismissal of
his civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court
dismissed Corbett’s complaint for failure to comply with discovery obligations
and court orders. On appeal, Corbett argues the merits of his claim instead of any
reversible error in the district court’s dismissal.
We typically review dismissal of a complaint for abuse of discretion. Equity
Lifestyle Props., Inc. v. Fla. Mowing & Landscape Serv., Inc., 556 F.3d 1232,
1240 n.14 (11th Cir. 2009). However, issues not briefed on appeal by a pro se
litigant are deemed abandoned. Timson v. Sampson, 518 F.3d 870, 874 (11th Cir.
2008) (per curiam). Here, construing Corbett’s brief liberally, he has not even
tangentially argued error in the district court’s grounds for dismissing his
complaint. Having not addressed it, Corbett has abandoned the issue of the
district court’s dismissal, which is the only ruling on appeal.
AFFIRMED.
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