"even in the case of pro se litigants this leniency does not give a court license to serve as de facto counsel for a party, or to rewrite an otherwise deficient pleading in order to sustain an action.” GJR Invs., Inc. v. County of Escambia, Fla., 132 F.3d 1359, 1369 (11th Cir.1998) (citations omitted). The only mention of their claims against CitiFinancial is in the Kinseys’ statement of the issues, which questions whether the court erred in informing CitiFinancial that its failure to answer the summons in 20 days would result in a default judgment. Flowever, the Kinseys offer no discussion on this issue or any other issue regarding CitiFinancial. TranSouth is not mentioned in the Kinseys’ brief. See Greenbriar, Ltd. v. City of Alabaster, 881 F.2d 1570, 1573 n. 6, (11th Cir. 1989) (<HOLDING>); Harris v. Plastics Mfg. Co., 617 F.2d 438,
holding in counseled case that listed issue was abandoned where it was not discussed in the argument portion of the brief holding arguments not raised on appeal waived holding in counseled appeal that an issue was abandoned where it was referred to in the statement of the case but no arguments on the merits were raised holding an issue listed in statement of issues on appeal but not addressed in brief is abandoned holding that where an appellant fails to raise arguments regarding an issue on appeal that issue is deemed abandoned