Rafael Daniel De La Cruz Jimenez v. USA, No. 06-11557 (11th Cir. 2007)

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[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT NOV 09, 2007 THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK No. 06-11557 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D. C. Docket Nos. 05-60398-CV-WPD 02-60176-CR-WPD RAFAEL DANIEL DE LA CRUZ-JIMENEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida _________________________ (November 9, 2007) Before ANDERSON, BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Rafael Daniel De La Cruz-Jimenez, a prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court s denial of his motion for extension of time to file a certificate of appealability ( COA ). In a previous order, we granted the government s motion to dismiss in part, but allowed Jimenez to proceed in appealing the district court s January 25, 2006, order denying his motion to extend time to file a COA. Therefore, the only issue on appeal was whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Jimenez s motion to extend time to file a COA. On appeal, Jimenez does not address that issue, but rather argues the merits of his original 28 U.S.C. ยง 2255 motion. Accordingly, Jimenez abandons the only issue on appeal and we must affirm. See United States v. Thomas, 242 F.3d 1028, 1033 (11th Cir. 2001) (holding that a party abandons an issue when the party fails to raise an argument in an initial brief). AFFIRMED. 2

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