PER CURIAM:
Appellant having failed to file a brief, this appeal is referred to us under the provisions of Local Rule 9(c)(2). The record reveals that the appeal is entirely lacking in merit and we therefore dismiss. . It is appropriate to dispose of this pro se case summarily, pursuant to this Court’s local Rule 9(c)(2), appellant having failed to file a brief within the time fixed by Rule 31, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Kimbrough v. Beto, Director, 5th Cir. 1969, 412 F.2d 981. . See Local Rule 20; Eisenhardt v. United States, 5th Cir. 1972, 461 F.2d 1267.