Arkansas inmate Stanley Frank Boyd appeals from the district court’s 1 preser-vice dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against various prison officials for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). After he was attacked by a fellow inmate, Boyd filed a grievance asking that the other inmate be locked down pending investigation. When the grievance was denied, Boyd commenced this action, seeking *188 relief for failure to protect him from the assault, inadequate medical care for the resulting injuries, failure to prosecute the other inmate, overcrowding and under-staffing in the prison, retaliatory transfer, and “numerous violations” of federal and state law. Before dismissing, the district court ordered Boyd to submit proof that he had exhausted all claims. In response, Boyd referred to his expanded description of the incident in appealing the denial of his initial grievance. In these circumstances, the district court properly dismissed the entire complaint without prejudice. See Graves v. Norris, 218 F.3d 884, 885 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (§ 1997e(a) requires exhaustion of all available prison grievance remedies as to all claims). Accordingly, we affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and we also deny Boyd’s pending motion.

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