Sylvester Traylor v. State of Connecticut

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment dismissing or resolving the plaintiff's claims because he failed to challenge in his appellate brief the independent grounds on which the trial court ruled for the defendants. That omission abandoned those issues and rendered his constitutional challenge to the medical-malpractice certificate requirement moot because the court could not provide practical relief even if he prevailed on that challenge. The court also held that self-represented status did not excuse the complete failure to brief the dispositive issues.