UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-7811
JERRY HALL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Commonwealth of
Virginia; RON ANGELONE, Director; C.D. LARSEN,
Warden; CAROL WALLACE, Associate Warden of
Operations; DR. OFOGH, Chief Physician; DR.
JACOBS, Chief Psychiatrist,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District Judge.
(CA-00-243-2)
Submitted: February 22, 2001 Decided: March 1, 2001
Before WIDENER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jerry Hall, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Jerry Hall appeals the district court’s order dismissing his
42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 2000) complaint without prejudice
for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. The district court
properly required exhaustion of administrative remedies under 42
U.S.C.A. § 1997e(a) (West Supp. 2000). Because Appellant did not
demonstrate to the district court that he had exhausted admin-
istrative remedies or that such remedies were not available, the
court’s dismissal of the action, without prejudice, was not an
abuse of discretion. We therefore affirm the district court’s
order. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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