· 3/8/1993
Leslie Wayne Yohey v. James A. Collins, Director Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division
Citations
- 985 F.2d 222
- 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 4155
- 1993 WL 41189
How courts have described this case
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- holding that while pro se briefs are liberally construed, even pro se litigants must brief arguments in order to preserve them
- holding that habeas petitioner abandoned claims by failing to argue them in body of brief
- holding that one “abandon[s] [one’s] arguments by failing to argue them in the body of [one’s] brief”
- holding that claims not argued in the body of the brief are abandoned on appeal
- holding that arguments that are not argued in the body of a brief are waived
- holding that, although their briefs are afforded liberal construction, even pro se litigants must brief arguments to preserve them
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Judges: Higginbotham, Smith, Demoss
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