Cecil Clayton moves for stay of his execution scheduled for March 17, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., pending full briefing and argument of his appeal from the district court’s1 dismissal of his complaint, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting that he was incompetent to be executed. The district court dismissed without prejudice Clayton’s complaint for failure to utilize available state remedies, specifically Missouri Supreme Court Rule 91.

Clayton argues, among other things, that he is likely to succeed on the merits of his appeal of the district court’s order dismissing his complaint without prejudice2 for failure to utilize available state *900remedies. See Motion for Stay at 19. We disagree. The district court’s order was in accordance with our prior directives in the Middleton line of cases. See Middleton v. Roper, 759 F.3d 833 (8th Cir. 2014) (“Middleton I ”); Middleton v. Roper, 759 F.3d 867 (8th Cir. 2014) (“Middleton II ”). As a result, Clayton is not likely to prevail on the merits of his appeal of the district court’s order.

Accordingly, we deny Clayton’s motion for stay of execution pending appeal.