Todd McDonald v. Brett Carpenter, No. 19-1306 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam. Before Colloton, Erickson, and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Prisoner Case - Civil Rights. Adverse grant of summary judgment for failure to exhaust administrative remedies is affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 19-1306 ___________________________ Todd McDonald lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant v. Brett Carpenter, Lieutenant, Saline County Detention Center (SCDC) (Originally named as Carpenter); Tonya Parker, Sergeant, SCDC (Originally named as Parker) lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees Waite, Officer, SCDC; Dick, Officer, SCDC; Balding, Corporal, SCDC lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock ____________ Submitted: August 20, 2019 Filed: August 27, 2019 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, ERICKSON, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, inmate Todd McDonald appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment. Based on the record before the court, we agree that McDonald failed to show he exhausted administrative remedies on the claims raised in the instant action. See Townsend v. Murphy, 898 F.3d 780, 783-84 (8th Cir. 2018) (reviewing de novo grant of summary judgment; boundaries of proper exhaustion are determined by prison’s specific administrative requirements). The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Patricia S. Harris, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-
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