Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ca5-14-30428/USCOURTS-ca5-14-30428-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 

---

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-30428

Summary Calendar

JUSTO E. ROQUE, JR.,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; MICHAEL FIFICK, 

Executive Liaison, Executive Office; TOSHIKAZA KOIKE, Chairman 

(Headquarter),

Defendants-Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Louisiana

USDC No. 2:13-CV-4778

Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Justo E. Roque, Jr., appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint 

for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. “The district court must dismiss [an] 

action if it finds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction.” Randall D. Wolcott, 

M.D., P.A. v. Sebelius, 635 F.3d 757, 762 (5th Cir. 2011) (citing FED. R. CIV.

* 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

December 31, 2014

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

 Case: 14-30428 Document: 00512886667 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/31/2014
No. 14-30428

P. 12(h)(3)). A district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction 

is reviewed de novo. Wolcott, 635 F.3d at 762.

Although this court liberally construes pro se briefs, “even pro se 

litigants must brief arguments in order to preserve them.” Mapes v. Bishop, 

541 F.3d 582, 584 (5th Cir. 2008) (citing Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 

(5th Cir. 1993)); FED. R. APP. P. 28(a)(8). Roque has failed to make a coherent 

argument challenging the district court’s determination that it lacked subject 

matter jurisdiction over the action. When an appellant fails to identify any 

error in the 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). Roque has abandoned any challenge to the 

district court’s dismissal of his complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 

See id. Because Roque’s appeal presents no legal points arguable on their 

merits, the appeal is DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS. See Howard v. King, 707 

F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983); 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

2

 Case: 14-30428 Document: 00512886667 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/31/2014