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PATRICIA A. COX, Plaintiff-Appellant v. DESOTO COUNTY JAIL OF HERNANDO; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; MEDICAL STAFF AND POLICE OFFICERS, DeSoto County Jail of Hernando, Mississippi; SERGEANT FERGUSON; BRANDON; SHERRI; WALTER; PATRICIA; LIEUTENANT BLONDEE, Defendants-Appellees
Patricia Cox filed this suit to challenge alleged violations of her rights that occurred while she was jailed. The district court dismissed the suit after determining, inter alia, that she had failed to serve the defendants with process. Cox does not address the propriety of the district court's conclusion that the suit should be dismissed for want of service. Because Cox has failed to identify any error in the district court's analysis of the question whether her suit should be dismissed for want of service, she has waived this issue. See Hughes v. Johnson, 191 F.3d 607, 613 (5th Cir. 1999); Brinkmann v. Dallas County Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). The district court's judgment is AFFIRMED, and Cox's request for appointed counsel is DENIED.
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Docket No: No. 15-60421
Decided: December 29, 2016
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
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