United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT October 26, 2006
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 05-60526
Summary Calendar
CHARLIE TAYLOR,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
DONALD A. CABANO, Superintendent; JOAN ROSS, Disciplinary
Chairperson; LARRY HARDY, Adjudicator,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Mississippi
USDC No. 4:05-CV-18
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Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Charlie Taylor, Mississippi prisoner # R6798, appeals the
district court’s dismissal of his civil rights complaint under
42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
Taylor argues that he exhausted his administrative remedies.
In support of this argument, he contends only that he “filed
several grievances and Rule Violation Report(s) appeals to
defendant Larry Hardy who rejected them or ignored them pursuant to
MISS. CODE ANN. § 47-5-801, MDOC policy 20-08-01. See Gates v.
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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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
No. 05-60526
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Collier, et al No. GC71-CV-6-S-D, Order dated February 15, 1994.”
Taylor further asserts that “[t]he rejection and ignoring of
Taylor’s grievances and rule violation report appeals has satisfied
the exhaustion requirement under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a).” Taylor does
not give any specifics concerning his “rejected” or “ignored”
grievances, nor does he explain how he exhausted administrative
remedies by filing those grievances. Therefore, he has abandoned
the only issue before this court. See Hughes v. Johnson, 191 F.3d
607, 612-13 (5th Cir. 1999).
Taylor’s appeal is without arguable merit and is thus
frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983).
Accordingly, we DISMISS his appeal as frivolous. 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.