Is there any case law where a pro se appellant abandoned issue in his appellate brief?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Johnson v., 15-1379 (2nd Cir. 2016):

challenge the dismissal of those claims, and so he has abandoned the issue. See LoSacco v. City of Middletown, 71 F.3d 88, 92-93 (2d Cir. 1995) (concluding that pro se appellant abandoned issue by failing to raise it in his appellate brief).

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