John D. Johnson v. State of IA

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 00-1928
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John P. Ponder, *
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Appellant, *
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v. * Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the
Wackenhut Correctional Corporation; * Eastern District of Arkansas.
Scott Grimes Unit, Correctional *
Facility; Roosevelt Franklin, Jr., * [UNPUBLISHED]
Correctional Officer, Captain; Larry *
Clark, Correctional Officer; Shane *
Rogers, Correctional Officer, *
Lieutenant; Manscow, Correctional *
Officer, *
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Appellees. *
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Submitted: August 23, 2000
Filed: August 31, 2000
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Before BEAM, FAGG, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

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1The Honorable George Howard, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
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John Ponder, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals from the district court’s1 dismissal
of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, without prejudice and prior to service, for failure
to exhaust administrative remedies as required under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Having
carefully reviewed the record, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We deny Ponder’s
motion for appointment of counsel.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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