Opinion

The petitioner, Duane Ziemba, fails to set forth in his brief any analysis of his claim that the court abused its discretion by denying his petition for *71 certification to appeal from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

“We are not required to review issues that have been improperly presented to this court through an inadequate brief. . . . Analysis, rather than mere abstract assertion, is required in order to avoid abandoning an issue by failure to brief the issue properly. . . . The petitioner has provided us with nothing more than conclusory assertions.” (Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) Blakeney v. Commissioner of Correction, 47 Conn. App. 568, 586, 706 A.2d 989, cert. denied, 244 Conn. 913, 713 A.2d 830 (1998).

The appeal is dismissed.