Ransom v. United States
Ransom v. United States
Opinion of the Court
Ray A. Ransom, federal prisoner #27525-004, appeals the summary-judgment dismissal of his Bivens
In dismissing Ransom’s suits, the district court determined that he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, as is required by 42 U.S.C. § 1977e(a). Ransom concedes that he failed to exhaust the third and final level of the administrative grievance process with respect to his claims. However, Ransom contends that the defendants interfered with his attempts to pursue his administrative remedies by placing him in administrative detention and intercepting his mail, and that “the exhaustion requirement should [therefore] be deemed satisfied.” Ransom asserts that the defendants’ actions raised a disputed issue of material fact that precluded summary judgment dismissal of his complaints. Ransom goes on the argue that, in any event, the defendants’ summary judgment evidence was insufficient to show that he failed to meet the exhaustion requirement.
The defendants presented competent summary-judgment evidence demonstrad ing that Ransom did not pursue all levels of the administrative remedies process pri- or to filing his suits, as is required by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e. Ransom’s assertion that the defendants prevented him from completing the administrative grievance process is unsubstantiated and conclusional, and is based on little more than his own belief that the defendants intercepted his third-level administrative complaint. Little v. Liquid Air Corp., 37 F.3d 1069, 1075
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971).
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