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Case: 22-10773        Document: 00516697083             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/31/2023

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

                                     ____________                                           FILED
                                                                                      March 31, 2023
                                      No. 22-10773                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                                        Clerk
                                    ____________

   NeKeshia-Shiondrail Henderson, Sui Juris, Agent for Debtor,
   Eng Legis,

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                            versus

   IberiaBank; Anthony Restel, Individually and in his Official
   Capacity as Chief Financial Officer of IberiaBank; Unify Financial
   Federal Credit Union; Nathan Montgomery, Individually
   and in his Official Capacity as Chief Financial Officer of Unify,

                                              Defendants—Appellees.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 3:21-CV-3212
                     ______________________________

   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         NeKeshia-Shiondrail Henderson, proceeding pro se, appeals the
   dismissal of her amended complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-10773      Document: 00516697083           Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/31/2023

                                     No. 22-10773

   12(b). In her complaint, she asserted claims that various defendants had:
   (1) deprived her of her rights guaranteed by the 13th Amendment,
   (2) reported inaccurate and invalid information to credit reporting agencies,
   in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, (3) committed fraud in the
   factum, and (4) violated the Fair Credit Billing Act. She also raised a claim
   titled “Default and Confession of Judgment.”
          While pro se briefs are afforded liberal construction, see Haines v.
   Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972), arguments must be briefed in order to
   be preserved, Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1983). Because
   Henderson does not meaningfully brief the reasons given by the district court
   for dismissing the aforementioned claims, they are abandoned.                See
   Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty. Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987).
          Finally, to the extent that Henderson asserts that the magistrate and
   district judges acted with prejudice or displayed judicial bias warranting
   disqualification, she has not identified any valid bases on which the
   impartiality of the judges in this case might be questioned. See United States
   v. Scroggins, 485 F.3d 824, 829-30 (5th Cir. 2007); Levitt v. Univ. of Tex. at El
   Paso, 847 F.2d 221, 226 (5th Cir. 1988).
          The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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