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· 2/8/2023

State of Iowa v. Brian Joseph Lavenz

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  • failing to respond in a reply brief to a new argument raised in the response constitutes a waiver of that issue
  • arguments waived if underdeveloped, conclusory, or unsupported by law or if not raised at all
  • party waives argument “by failing to respond in a reply brief to a new argument raised” by opposing party
  • “An appellant may waive a non-jurisdic- tional issue or argument … by failing to raise it at all in the party’s opening brief.”
  • \[A]ppellant's counterarguments [were] waived on appeal where he 'did not respond to [appellee's arguments] in his reply brief.'\ (third alteration in original) (quoting Webb v. Frawley, 906 F.3d 569, 582 (7th Cir. 2018))
  • arguments waived if underdeveloped, conclusory, unsupported by law or not raised at all

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