U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2011

Locklear v. Bennett

Locklear v. Bennett
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided February 2, 2011 · Wilkinson, King, Wynn
409 F. App'x 652

Locklear v. Bennett

Opinion

Vacated and remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Billy Locklear, a North Carolina prisoner, appeals the district court’s order dismissing Locklear’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997e (2006) for failure to demonstrate complete exhaustion of administrative remedies. Locklear represented to the district court that he had not fully exhausted his administrative remedies with respect to one of his claims. Because dismissal of the entire complaint is not required when the prisoner has failed to exhaust some, but not all, of the claims included in his complaint, Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 220-24, 127 S.Ct. 910, 166 L.Ed.2d 798 (2007), we va *653 cate the decision of the district court and remand for further proceedings. We deny the motion for appointment of counsel and dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument will not aid the decisional process.

VACATED AND REMANDED.

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