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Case: 21-20526         Document: 00516936979             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/19/2023

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

                                             FILED
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                                                                                October 19, 2023
                                       No. 21-20526                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                     Summary Calendar                                  Clerk
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   Deidrick L. Capers,

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   P. Lindsay; Ed Gonzalez,

                                               Defendants—Appellees.
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                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:19-CV-1006
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   Before Wiener, Stewart, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Deidrick L. Capers, a former Harris County Jail detainee, filed a
   42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint against the jail, Ed Gonzalez, and
   Patrick Lindsay. He alleged as follows: Lindsay, a detention officer, punched
   him in the upper chest; Lindsay then wrote him up for making unauthorized
   contact with jail staff; and Gonzalez, the sheriff, allowed the assault. On

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   appeal, Capers challenges the summary judgment dismissal of his claim
   against Lindsay. He has abandoned any challenge to the dismissals of the jail
   and Gonzalez. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          We review the grant of summary judgment de novo, “applying the
   same standard as the district court.” Austin v. Kroger Tex., L.P., 864 F.3d
   326, 328 (5th Cir. 2017). After considering the summary judgment evidence
   and Capers’s arguments on appeal, we discern no error in the dismissal of
   Capers’s excessive force claim against Lindsay.          See Austin v. City of
   Pasadena, 74 F.4th 312, 322 (5th Cir. 2023).
         Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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