Case Name: Christoforos G. POLITIS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Michael CHERTOFF, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; Sharon Hudson, District Director for the 38th District; Charles Arendale, Field Office Director; David Leong, Deportation Officer, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-05-04
Citations: 326 F. App'x 272
Docket Number: No. 08-20249
Parties: Christoforos G. POLITIS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Michael CHERTOFF, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; Sharon Hudson, District Director for the 38th District; Charles Arendale, Field Office Director; David Leong, Deportation Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before JONES, Chief Judge, and STEWART and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 326
Pages: 272–274

Head Matter:
Christoforos G. POLITIS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Michael CHERTOFF, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; Sharon Hudson, District Director for the 38th District; Charles Arendale, Field Office Director; David Leong, Deportation Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 08-20249
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 4, 2009.
Christoforos G. Politis, Antimou GA, pro se.
Charmaine Aarons Holder, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and STEWART and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Former immigration detainee Christofo-ros Politis, a native of Greece, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), civil suit alleging that several defendants, including Michael Chertoff, the Secretary of Homeland Security, had unconstitutionally detained him for an indefinite period of time and had refused to provide him with adequate medical care during this detention. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants after concluding that it did not have personal jurisdiction over Chertoff, that the defendants were entitled to qualified immunity, and that Politis had failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
Politis argues that the grant of summary judgment was inappropriate because the district court erred in not liberally construing his pleadings and in finding that it did not have personal jurisdiction over Cher-toff. Politis also claims that the defendants retaliated against him by filing criminal charges for failure to cooperate in his deportation proceedings and by expeditiously deporting him to Greece; however these particular issues are independent from and not related to the claims that form the basis of this Bivens suit and are not properly before this court. See Dollis v. Rubin, 77 F.3d 777, 779 & n. 2 (5th Cir.1995); Quezada v. INS, 898 F.2d 474, 477 (5th Cir.1990).
Politis was deported while this case was pending. Accordingly, to the extent that he seeks injunctive relief or specific performance to remedy his alleged wrongful detention, his claims are moot. See Herman v. Holiday, 238 F.3d 660, 665 (5th Cir.2001).
Politis fails to adequately brief those issues that are properly before this court, thus, they are considered abandoned. Hughes v. Johnson, 191 F.3d 607, 613 (5th Cir.1999). Politis's appeal lacks any issue of arguable merit. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983). Therefore, we dismiss it as frivolous. See 5th CiR. R. 42.2.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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.