Jose L.G. Balderrama, Texas prisoner # 871879, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his federal habeas petition as time-barred. Because Balderrama fails to address in his original appellate brief the issues upon which this court granted a certificate of appealability, such issues are deemed abandoned. See Cinel v. Connick, 15 F.3d 1338, 1345 (5th Cir.1994). We decline to address the arguments presented in Balderrama’s reply brief since they constitute newly-raised issues that are non-responsive to the arguments presented in the Respondent-Appellee’s brief. See Stephens v. C.I.T. Group/Equip. Fin., Inc., 955 F.2d 1023, 1026 (5th Cir.1992).
AFFIRMED.