UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-6455
WILLIAM L. CRAWFORD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GARY MAYNARD, Director, South Carolina
Department of Corrections; WILLIAM D. CATOE,
Former Director, South Carolina Department of
Corrections; THOMAS BYRNE, Doctor, Allendale
Correctional Institution; STEVEN MIRES; STEVEN
RAWLS, LPN; NURSE GREEN; L. TERRY, Corporal,
Correctional Officer; CLASSIFICATION WORKER
MILLER; GERALDINE MIRO, Warden; CINDY SANDERS,
LPN; PRAVIN R. PATEL, MD, Allendale
Correctional Institution; BARBARA SKEEN,
Director, Division of Professional Standards;
WILLIE EAGLETON, Warden, Evans Correctional
Institution; SCOTT JOHNSON, Inmate Grievance
Coordinator; JANICE PHILLIPS, Medical
Grievance Administrator; GAIL FRICKS; B. J.
HICKS, Medical Technician, Evans Correctional
Institution; JANE RAINWATER, Transportation
Officer; JANE DOE 1, Nurse, Evans Correctional
Institution on 11/3/00; JANE DOE #2, Nurse,
Evans Correctional Institution on 11/3/00;
MEDICAL STAFF, Evans Correctional Institution,
Infirmary on 11-27-00; DONNA DAVIS, Medical
Records Technician, Evans Correctional
Institution; RICHARD FOSTER, Headquarters
Grievance Officer; CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL
SYSTEMS, formerly known as Health Care
Services Corporation, d/b/a J. Glenn Alewine
MD; DAVID TATARSKY, Deputy General Counsel;
CAROL W. BURNETTE, MD, Perry Correctional
Institution; DOTIE ADAMS, Nurse, Perry
Correctional Institution; JANE DOE #3, Medical
Staff on 8-31-01, 11:30 am; JOHN DOE #3,
Medical Staff on 8-31-01, 11:30 am,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Greenville. C. Weston Houck, Senior District
Judge. (CA-01-4335-6)
Submitted: August 27, 2004 Decided: September 29, 2004
Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William L. Crawford, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
William L. Crawford appeals the district court’s order
accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing
his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint without prejudice for failure
to exhaust administrative remedies. “No action shall be brought
with respect to prison conditions . . . by a prisoner confined in
any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such
administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C.
§ 1997e(a) (2000). We find no abuse of discretion in the district
court’s dismissal of the complaint without prejudice to allow
Crawford an opportunity to exhaust his administrative remedies, as
required by § 1997e(a). Accordingly, we affirm the district
court’s order. We deny Crawford’s motion for the appointment of
counsel and 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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