Former immigration detainee Christofo-ros Politis, a native of Greece, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), civil suit alleging that several defendants, including Michael Chertoff, the Secretary of Homeland Security, had unconstitutionally detained him for an indefinite period of time and had refused to provide him with adequate medical care during this detention. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants after concluding that it did not have personal jurisdiction over Chertoff, that the defendants were entitled to qualified immunity, and that Politis had failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

Politis argues that the grant of summary judgment was inappropriate because the district court erred in not liberally construing his pleadings and in finding that it did not have personal jurisdiction over Cher-toff. Politis also claims that the defendants retaliated against him by filing criminal charges for failure to cooperate in his deportation proceedings and by expeditiously deporting him to Greece; however these particular issues are independent from and not related to the claims that form the basis of this Bivens suit and are not properly before this court. See Dollis v. Rubin, 77 F.3d 777, 779 & n. 2 (5th Cir. 1995); Quezada v. INS, 898 F.2d 474, 477 (5th Cir. 1990).

Politis was deported while this case was pending. Accordingly, to the extent that he seeks injunctive relief or specific performance to remedy his alleged wrongful detention, his claims are moot. See Herman v. Holiday, 238 F.3d 660, 665 (5th Cir. 2001).

Politis fails to adequately brief those issues that are properly before this court, thus, they are considered abandoned. Hughes v. Johnson, 191 F.3d 607, 613 (5th Cir. 1999). Politis’s appeal lacks any issue *274 of arguable merit. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983). Therefore, we dismiss it as frivolous. See 5th CiR. R. 42.2.

APPEAL DISMISSED.