Opinion ID: 791618
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Heading: Exclusion of Issues from the Pretrial Order

Text: 12 In her brief, Meyers states the next issue as [w]hether the trial court erred in sustaining the defendant's objection to controverted issues no. 7 and 8 to insert the issue of whether the defendants conspired to interfere by threat, force of intimidation to keep the plaintiff from testifying on any matter pending freely, fully and truthfully. Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(a)(5) requires an appellant to include in its brief a statement of the issues presented for review. To be reviewable, an issue must be presented in the brief with some specificity. Failure to do so can result in waiver. Sweet v. Delo, 125 F.3d 1144, 1159 (8th Cir.1997). Meyers's brief focused exclusively on one already addressed—whether Meyers spoke on a matter of public concern. Consequently, we consider this issue to be waived. 4