Charles Franklin Ireland, Texas prisoner # 506419, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Ireland filed an untimely Step 1 grievance and did not attempt to file a Step 2 grievance. Ireland’s untimely Step 1 grievance does not excuse his failure to exhaust the prison grievance system. See Days v. Johnson, 322 F.3d 863, 866-67 (5th Cir. 2003).

Ireland argues that he sufficiently exhausted his administrative remedies because he filed his Step 1 grievance while in the prison infirmary, which did not have a grievance box, by giving it to a nurse. Because Ireland did not raise this argument in the district court, we do not consider it. See Leverette v. Louisville Ladder Co., 183 F.3d 339, 342 (5th Cir. 1999); see also Stewart Glass & Mirror, Inc. v. U.S. Auto Glass Discount Ctrs., Inc., 200 F.3d 307, 316-17 (5th Cir. 2000). We also do not consider Ireland’s argument, raised for the first time in his reply brief, that the district court erroneously denied his request for the appointment of counsel. See Wallace v. County of Comal, 400 F.3d 284, 292 (5th Cir. 2005).

The district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.