IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-60432
Conference Calendar
CARL LEE JONES,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
WALTER BOOKER; JAMES V. ANDERSON;
UNKNOWN CLARK, Employee at MDOC;
G. NELSON, Employee at MDOC;
M. HEMPHILL, Employee at MDOC;
UNKNOWN REDDICK, Employee at MDOC;
RED DOG, Alias for an inmate at
Parchman,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Mississippi
USDC No. 4:00-CV-71-P-B
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February 13, 2001
Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Carl Lee Jones, Mississippi prisoner number 41714, appeals
the district court’s closure of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit for
failure to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing
suit. Jones provides neither argument nor authorities on the
threshold issue whether the district court erred in determining
that he had not exhausted his administrative remedies. He thus
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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has failed to brief this issue, and it is waived. See Yohey v.
Collins, 985 F.2d 222 (5th Cir. 1993); Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(9).
Because he has waived the only issue available to him in this
appeal, the appeal is dismissed as frivolous. Howard v. King,
707 F.2d 215 (5th Cir. 1983); 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
APPEAL DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS; 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.