STONE v. CLARK ADC (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Thomas Lee STONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard CLARK, Lieutenant, Maximum Security Unit, ADC, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 17-2810

Decided: July 11, 2018

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Thomas Lee Stone, Pro Se Christine Ann Cryer, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellee

[Unpublished]

In this pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Arkansas inmate Thomas Stone appeals a decision of the district court ¹ dismissing his lawsuit without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Upon de novo review, we agree with the district court that Stone failed to fully exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a); Burns v. Eaton, 752 F.3d 1136, 1141 (8th Cir. 2014). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

FOOTNOTES

1. The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Beth Deere, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

PER CURIAM.

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