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Case: 22-20522        Document: 00516940735             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/23/2023

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

                                            FILED
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                                                                                October 23, 2023
                                      No. 22-20522                                   Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                                      Clerk
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   Alexander Moskovits,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                            versus

   Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA, L.L.C.;
   Automotive Recovery Services, Incorporated, doing
   business as ADESA; Unknown State and Federal Agents,

                                              Defendants—Appellees.
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                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:21-CV-2260
                     ______________________________

   Before Clement, Elrod, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Alexander Moskovits appeals the dismissal of his pro se civil suit
   against Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA, L.L.C. (Mercedes),
   ADESA Texas Inc. d/b/a ADESA Houston’s (ADESA), Automotive
   Recovery Services, Inc. (ARS), and unknown federal and state agents and the

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-20522

   denial of his postjudgment motion. Moskovits sought monetary damages for
   what he alleged was an unlawful repossession and auction of his vehicle after
   he stopped making payments to Mercedes for the purchase of the vehicle.
          Moskovits first argues that the district court erred in granting
   Mercedes and ADESA’s Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) motion to
   dismiss his Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (TDTPA) claim. We
   review Rule 12(b)(6) dismissals de novo, “accepting all well-pleaded facts as
   true and viewing those facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs.”
   Morris v. Livingston, 739 F.3d 740, 745 (5th Cir. 2014) (internal quotation
   marks and citation omitted). He has not shown error because he did not
   adequately allege, at a minimum, a producing cause of his injury under the
   TDTPA. See Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.50(a); Daugherty v. Jacobs,
   187 S.W.3d 607, 615 (Tex. App. 2006).
          Moskovits fails to meaningfully challenge the district court’s dismissal
   of his remaining state and federal claims against Mercedes, ADESA, and
   ARS under Rule 12(b)(6). Nor does he meaningfully challenge the district
   court’s grant of ADESA’s motion to dismiss for insufficient service, the
   dismissal of the unknown agents for lack of service, or the denial of his
   postjudgment motion. Therefore, these claims are waived. See Yohey v.
   Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993); Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty.
   Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). Moskovits’s
   remaining arguments regarding the denial of his motion to compel discovery,
   of his motions for summary judgment, and of his request to amend his
   complaint are without merit.
          AFFIRMED.

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