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Case: 23-20360    Document: 00517026614       Page: 1    Date Filed: 01/09/2024

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit
                                                                 United States Court of Appeals
                                                                          Fifth Circuit

                              ____________                              FILED
                                                                  January 9, 2024
                               No. 23-20360                        Lyle W. Cayce
                             Summary Calendar                           Clerk
                             ____________

   Joshua Marbley,

                                                        Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                    versus

   Teamster Local 988; Michael Offord, Private and
   Professional Capacity; Michael Honer, Private and
   Professional Capacity; Shebrenna Tangarife, Private
   and Professional Capacity; Rhonda Russell, Private and
   Professional Capacity; Bruce Johnson, Private and
   Professional Capacity; Eric Nelson, Private and
   Professional Capacity; Jessica Craft, Private and
   Professional Capacity; Littler Mendelson, P.C.; Berg
   Plummer Johnson & Raval, L.L.P.; Law Office of Eric H.
   Nelson,

                                          Defendants—Appellees.
                 ______________________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Southern District of Texas
                          USDC No. 4:22-CV-3396
                 ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Stewart, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
Case: 23-20360           Document: 00517026614             Page: 2      Date Filed: 01/09/2024

                                            No. 23-20360

   Per Curiam: *
            Joshua Marbley filed suit against Teamster Local 988, Michael
   Offord, Michael Honer, Shebrenna Tangarife, Rhonda Russell, Bruce
   Johnson, Eric Nelson, Jessica Craft, Littler Mendelson, P.C., Berg Plummer
   Johnson & Raval, L.L.P., and The Law Office of Eric Nelson, raising claims
   arising under, inter alia, the National Labor Relations Act, the Texas
   Whistleblower Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the National
   Transit System Security Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court
   dismissed Marbley’s complaint, upon motion of the defendants, for failure to
   state a claim upon which relief could be granted and for lack of subject matter
   jurisdiction. Marbley appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint
   as well as its denial of a motion for recusal of the district court judge.
            Marbley based his argument for recusal in the district court upon the
   district court’s failure to rule on several motions which were pending at the
   time of Marbley’s motion for recusal. On appeal, he contends that the
   district court judge is personally biased and would not be able to provide
   Marbley with a fair trial. The denial of a motion to recuse is reviewed for
   abuse of discretion. See United States v. Scroggins, 485 F.3d 824, 829 (5th Cir.
   2007). Marbley fails to show an abuse of discretion. See id.
            Marbley does not otherwise substantively brief a challenge to the
   district court’s bases for dismissing the other claims he raised in the district
   court.        See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).
   Accordingly, he has abandoned the claims on appeal. See Brinkmann v.
   Dallas Cnty. Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987).
            The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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            *
                This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

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