United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 99-3317 ___________

Ben S. Garner, * * Appellant, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the East Arkansas Regional Unit; * Eastern District of Arkansas. P. Williams, Teacher; John Lowe, * Assistant Warden; Bernard Williams, * [UNPUBLISHED] Infirmary Manager; C.L. Kelly, Major; * Mrs. Paige, Mail; Horace Proctor, * Commissary; East Arkansas Regional * Unit, Arkansas Department of * Corrections, * * Appellees. * ___________

Submitted: March 17, 2000 Filed: March 22, 2000 ___________

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, BOWMAN, and BEAM, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM. Ben Garner, an Arkansas inmate, appeals the district court’s1 dismissal without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies as mandated by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Having reviewed the record and the parties’ briefs, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest:

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

1 The Honorable James Maxwell Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-