Case: 20-30001 Document: 00516170162 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/18/2022

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED January 18, 2022 No. 20-30001 Lyle W. Cayce Summary Calendar Clerk

Mark Anthony Thompson, Plaintiff—Appellant, versus Eric Link; Myers P. Namie; John L. Walker; Patricia Minaldi, Defendants—Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 2:19-CV-252

Before Wiener, Dennis, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam:* Mark Anthony Thompson, federal prisoner # 44671-379, appeals the dismissal of his complaint seeking relief under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). The district court

* Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.

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determined that his claims were either barred under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), or collaterally estopped. Even with the benefit of liberal construction, Thompson’s initial brief addresses only the merits of his civil rights claims rather than the district court’s reasons for dismissing his complaint. Thus, he has abandoned any challenge to the district court’s judgment. See Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty. Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). Although Thompson attempts to challenge the district court’s reliance on Heck and the collateral estoppel doctrine for the first time in his reply brief, we do not consider the new arguments raised in his reply brief. See United States v. Jackson, 426 F.3d 301, 304 n.2 (5th Cir. 2005).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.