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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-10042

Summary Calendar

DELORIS PHILLIPS, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

CITY OF DALLAS, also known as The "One"/ "Oneness" Entity; DALLAS 

POLICE DEPARTMENT, also known as The "One"/ "Oneness" Entity; 

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INCORPORATED, also known as The "One"/ 

"Oneness" Entity; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, also known as 

The "One"/ "Oneness" Entity; MICHAEL RAWLINGS, Dallas Mayor 

(connection to "one"/"oneness"); DAVID BROWN, D.P.D Police Chief 

(connection to "one"/"oneness"); HERB COTNER, D.P.D. Corporal (connection 

to "one"/"oneness"), 

 Defendants - Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 3:14-CV-3131

Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

April 6, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Proceeding pro se, Deloris Phillips appeals the district court’s dismissal

of all of her claims against Defendants. The district court dismissed, with 

prejudice, Phillips’s claims against the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) upon concluding that 

Phillips failed to plead facts sufficient to support any claim for relief and that 

the claims were duplicative of previous filings. The district court dismissed 

the claims against all of the other Defendants pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(e)(2)(B) upon concluding that the claims were factually frivolous and 

malicious. In addition, the district court modified already-existing sanctions 

against Phillips to prevent Phillips from filing, removing, or transferring any 

litigation in the Northern District of Texas without first obtaining leave from 

a district court judge.

In her brief on appeal, Phillips fails to address the district court’s reasons 

for dismissing her claims, does not adequately argue why she is entitled to any 

relief, and does not include a statement of issues presented for review. 

Although we must liberally construe the briefs of pro se litigants, “pro se

parties must still brief the issues and reasonably comply with the standards of 

Rule 28.” Grant v. Cuellar, 59 F.3d 523, 524 (5th Cir. 1995). By failing to 

address the district court’s reasoning, adequately argue entitlement to relief, 

and include a statement of issues presented for review, Phillips’s appeal fails 

to comply with the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Toala v. Marriott 

White Lodging Corp., 456 F. App’x 476, 477 (5th Cir. 2012). Therefore, we 

DISMISS the appeal for want of prosecution. See id. All pending motions are 

DENIED.

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