United States v. Howard Eugene Liner

1The Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United States Magistrate Judge for the
District of Minnesota.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 04-1880
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United States of America, *
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Appellee, *
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v. * Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the
Raul Castaneda Gutierrez, * District of Minnesota.
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Appellant. * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Submitted: December 22, 2005
Filed: January 4, 2006
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Before WOLLMAN, McMILLIAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Raul Castaneda Gutierrez appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his motion for
return of property. We find that Castaneda has abandoned the only issue in this appeal
by failing to raise it in his appellate brief. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(a) (requirements of
appellate brief); United States v. Joiner, 418 F.3d 863, 869 (8th Cir. 2005) (party’s
failure to raise or argue issue in brief is deemed abandonment of issue).

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Accordingly, we affirm, and we deny the motions for appellate counsel, and for
discovery and expert investigators.
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