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Parties Involved:
Dexter A. Brunson
Appellant
Carolyn W. Colvin
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 16-1603

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Dexter A. Brunson

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff

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 Submitted: December 6, 2016

 Filed: December 9, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before COLLOTON, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 16-1603 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/09/2016 Entry ID: 4477873 
Dexter A. Brunson appeals following the district court’s order affirming a

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2012 administrative decision to deny a hearing on his third application for disability

insurance benefits. Brunson has abandoned any challenge to the only ruling properly

before this court by not raising it in his brief. See Freitas v. Wells Fargo Home

Mortg., Inc., 703 F.3d 436, 438 n.3 (8th Cir. 2013) (issue is deemed abandoned where

party fails to raise or discuss it in his brief); Carter v. Lutheran Med. Ctr., 87 F.3d

1025, 1026 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam) (dismissing pro se litigant’s appeal where

brief presented no question for appellate court to decide because it identified no basis

of alleged error by district court). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is

affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 

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The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the

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Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendation of the

Honorable J. Thomas Ray, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of

Arkansas.

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Appellate Case: 16-1603 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/09/2016 Entry ID: 4477873