Joe A. Flores, Texas prisoner # 855743, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Flores argues that the district court erred in dismissing his claim and that the court erred in denying his motion for the appointment of counsel. Flores specifically contends that defendants Nurse Lucy Martinez, Physician’s Assistant Eugene Trotter, and Dr. Maximilliano Herrera failed to provide him with adequate medical care and that they were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. He asserts that Nurse Martinez failed to properly diagnose and treat a blood clot in his leg, and that Trotter and Dr. Herrera failed to properly diagnose and treat his rheumatoid arthritis.

Flores does not renew his claim against Dr. Herrera under the theory of respondeat superior, and that claim is deemed abandoned. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993); Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). Flores has failed to allege facts to establish deliberate indifference to a serious medical need as is required in order to proceed under the Eighth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Vamado v. Lynaugh, 920 F.2d 320, 321 (5th Cir. 1991).

Further, the district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to appoint counsel to represent Flores. See Ulmer v. Chancellor, 691 F.2d 209, 212 (5th Cir. 1982).

Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.