U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2005

Davis v. Mullin

Davis v. Mullin
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Decided April 20, 2005 · Kelly, O'Brien, Tymkovich
125 F. App'x 972

Davis v. Mullin

Opinion

ORDER AND JUDGMENT **

PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Ezekiel Davis, an Oklahoma inmate proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal of his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for monetary damages and *973 injunctive relief arising from alleged constitutional violations occurring during his incarceration. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on the grounds that Mr. Davis had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

The parties are familiar with the facts, and we need not restate them here. Having reviewed the matter de novo and for substantially the same reasons iterated in the district court’s order dismissing Mr. Davis’s suit, we AFFIRM. Mr. Davis has clearly failed to demonstrate the exhaustion of administrative remedies mandated by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) or complete exhaustion where he did file a grievance. See Jernigan v. Stuchell, 304 F.3d 1030, 1032 (10th Cir. 2002) (requiring complete exhaustion).

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This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. This court generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.

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