Dale Bryant v. Corizon, Inc., No. 14-3511 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Smith, Bowman and Colloton, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Prisoner Civil Rights. District court did not err in finding plaintiff had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing this suit challenging his medical care. Home | Contact Us | Employment | Glossary of Legal Terms | Site Map | RSS Privacy Policy|BrowseAloud
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-3511 ___________________________ Dale E. Bryant lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Corizon, Inc., Quachita River Correctional Center (ORCC); Mr. Pratt, Health Services Administrator ORCC; Dr. Gregory McKinney, Medical Director, ORCC Hospital lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs ____________ Submitted: May 20, 2015 Filed: June 1, 2015 [Unpublished] ____________ Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. After Arkansas inmate Dale Bryant brought a civil rights suit regarding certain policies of defendant Corizon, Inc., in connection with his medical care, the District Court1 dismissed the suit without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Bryant appeals. After careful review, we agree with the District Court that Bryant failed to properly exhaust his administrative remedies because his grievances did not name any of the defendants or complain about the specific medical-care policies challenged in this action, as required by prison grievance procedures. See Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 218 (2007) (“The level of detail necessary in a grievance to comply with the grievance procedures will vary from system to system and claim to claim, but it is the prison’s requirements, and not the PLRA, that define the boundaries of proper exhaustion.”). The judgment is affirmed. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Robert T. Dawson, United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendation of the Honorable James R. Marschewski, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, now retired. -2-
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