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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-40870

Summary Calendar

RICKEY A. CARUTHERS,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

F. LARA, Warden,

Respondent-Appellee

Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:14-CV-325

Before DAVIS, JONES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Ricky A. Caruthers, federal prisoner # 16601-075, appeals the district 

court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, which challenged the 180-

month sentence imposed upon his conviction of being a felon in possession of a 

firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924. Pro se briefs are 

afforded liberal construction. Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 

1993). Nevertheless, when an appellant fails to identify any error in the 

 

* 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

August 27, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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district court’s analysis, it is the same as if the appellant had not appealed that 

issue. Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th 

Cir. 1987). Because Caruthers has failed to brief any challenge to the reasons 

the district court dismissed his § 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction, he has 

abandoned the critical issue of this appeal. Accordingly, the district court’s 

judgment is AFFIRMED. All motions pending before this court are DENIED.

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