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Parties Involved:
Raul Castaneda Gutierrez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United States Magistrate Judge for the

District of Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1880

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Raul Castaneda Gutierrez, * District of Minnesota.

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Appellant. * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Submitted: December 22, 2005

Filed: January 4, 2006

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Before WOLLMAN, McMILLIAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Raul Castaneda Gutierrez appeals the district court’s1

 denial of his motion for

return of property. We find that Castaneda has abandoned the only issue in this appeal

by failing to raise it in his appellate brief. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(a) (requirements of

appellate brief); United States v. Joiner, 418 F.3d 863, 869 (8th Cir. 2005) (party’s

failure to raise or argue issue in brief is deemed abandonment of issue).

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Accordingly, we affirm, and we deny the motions for appellate counsel, and for

discovery and expert investigators.

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