Glenn Allen Corbett v. Rodney McAbee, et al., No. 11-14381 (11th Cir. 2012)

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[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 11-14381 JUNE 1, 2012 Non-Argument Calendar JOHN LEY ________________________ CLERK 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. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ________________________ (June 1, 2012) Before WILSON, JORDAN, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. 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. 2

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