Johanna Bell appeals the district court’s dismissal of her civil suit without prejudice for want of service. Bell has failed to brief, and has thus abandoned, the issue whether the district court erred in determining that her suit should be dismissed due to her failure to effect service on the *650 defendants. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1993); Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987); see also Fed. R.App. P. 28(a)(9). Consequently, Bell’s appeal is DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983); 5th Cir. R. 42.2.