Kenneth Rivera v. Bryan Stirling, No. 16-7072 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-7072 KENNETH SYNCERE Kenneth Rivera, RIVERA, a/k/a Kenneth D. Rivera, a/k/a Plaintiff - Appellant, v. BRYAN STIRLING, Director; JOSEPH MCFADDEN, Warden; RYSHEMA DAVIS, Nutritionist IV; MR. JONES, FSS IV; MR. CONTINO, Chaplain, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. J. Michelle Childs, District Judge. (8:15-cv-04482-JMC) Submitted: December 20, 2016 Decided: December 22, 2016 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kenneth Syncere Rivera, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Holmes Burton, GIBBES & BURTON, LLC, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Kenneth Syncere Rivera appeals the district court’s order denying relief Because the on record his 42 discloses U.S.C. that § 1983 Rivera (2012) failed complaint. to properly exhaust his administrative remedies as required under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e (2012), we affirm the dismissal without prejudice of his complaint. legal before We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions this court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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