United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 99-2588 ___________ Ben S. Garner, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the Eastern * District of Arkansas.

Lynda Andrews, Bookkeeper, East * Arkansas Regional Unit, Arkansas * [UNPUBLISHED] Department of Correction, * * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: November 10, 1999 Filed: November 15, 1999 ___________ Before BOWMAN, FAGG, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Ben S. Garner, an Arkansas inmate, appeals the district court's adverse ruling dismissing Garner's complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies mandated by 42 U.S.C. 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Having reviewed the record and Garner's brief, we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's order. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

-2-