Donovan Evans v. Hinds County, No. 19-60582 (5th Cir. 2020)

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Case: 19-60582 Document: 00515527262 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/14/2020 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED August 14, 2020 No. 19-60582 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Donovan Evans, Plaintiff—Appellant, versus Hinds County, Defendant—Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi USDC No. 3:18-CV-255 Before Jolly, Elrod, and Graves, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:* Donovan Evans, a former pretrial detainee at the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond, Mississippi, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint seeking damages and injunctive relief due to an attack that * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. Case: 19-60582 Document: 00515527262 Page: 2 Date Filed: 08/14/2020 No. 19-60582 occurred by fellow inmates on March 14, 2017. The district court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Evans timely appealed. Evans’s conclusory assertions in his brief with respect to his claims are insufficient to show that the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Hinds County. See FED. R. CIV. P. 56(c); Little v. Liquid Air Corp., 37 F.3d 1069, 1075 (5th Cir. 1994) (en banc). And, on appeal, Evans makes no argument that the district court erred in dismissing his conditions of confinement claim related to a purported attack in December 2016. We thus consider this claim abandoned and the argument waived. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993). AFFIRMED; MOTION FOR SETTLEMENT DENIED. 2

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