United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 17-2810 ___________________________

Thomas Lee Stone,

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant,

v.

Richard Clark, Lieutenant, Maximum Security Unit, ADC,

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee. ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff ____________

Submitted: July 9, 2018 Filed: July 11, 2018 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

In this pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Arkansas inmate Thomas Stone appeals a decision of the district court1 dismissing his lawsuit without prejudice for

1 The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Beth failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Upon de novo review, we agree with the district court that Stone failed to fully exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a); Burns v. Eaton, 752 F.3d 1136, 1141 (8th Cir. 2014). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

Deere, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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