Glen Springer v. Benjamin Caple, No. 17-2096 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. The district court did not err in determining plaintiff had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing suit, and the dismissal of the action is affirmed; however, the dismissal is modified to be without prejudice.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-2096 ___________________________ Glen Springer, lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Corporal Benjamin Dale Caple, also known as D. Cable; D. Reed, Warden, Ouachita River Unit, ADC; Dep. Assist. Warden Gary A. Musselwhite, lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs ____________ Submitted: March 28, 2018 Filed: April 3, 2018 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. In this pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Arkansas inmate Glen Springer appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment. The district court granted summary judgment based on its conclusion that Springer failed to exhaust administrative remedies and failed to establish an Eighth Amendment violation. Upon de novo review, see King v. Iowa Dep’t of Corrs., 598 F.3d 1051, 1052 (8th Cir. 2010), we agree with the district court that Springer failed to exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit and therefore affirm the dismissal of the action on that basis. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a); King, 598 F.3d at 1053. We modify the dismissal, however, to be without prejudice. See Porter v. Sturm, 781 F.3d 448, 452 (8th Cir. 2015); Davis v. Harmon, 389 Fed. Appx. 587 (8th Cir. 2010) (unpublished per curiam). We also conclude the district court properly denied Springer’s motion for reconsideration. See United States v. Metro. St. Louis Sewer Dist., 440 F.3d 930, 933 (8th Cir. 2006). The judgment is affirmed as modified. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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