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Parties Involved:
Jack Ford
Appellee
John Graff
Appellee
Mike Hoglund
Appellee
Randy Long
Appellee
Cindy Moriarty
Appellee
Rick Nichols
Appellee
Steven Norman
Appellee
Norman E. Reed
Appellant
FNU Wiegeit
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

May 23, 2005 

PATRICK FISHER 

Clerk 

NORMAN E. REED, 

Plaintiff - Appellant, 

V. 

RANDY LONG, Captain, Utah State 

Prison; JOHN GRAFF, Caseworker, 

Washington County Jail; CINDY 

MORIARTY, IDHO, Washington 

County Jail; FNU WIEGEIT, Corporal, 

Washington County Jail; MIKE 

HOGLUND, Mental Health, Utah 

State Prison; RICK NICHOLS, 

Sergeant, Utah State Prison; JACK 

FORD, Public Affairs, Utah 

Department of Corrections; STEVEN 

NORMAN, Mental Health, Utah State 

Prison, in their individual capacities, 

Defendants - Appellees. 

No. 05-4006 

(D.C. No. 2:04-CV-831-PGC) 

(D. Utah) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

* After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined 

unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of 

this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.l(G). The case is 

therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is 

not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, 

and collateral estoppel. The court generally disfavors the citation of orders and 

judgments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under the terms and 

conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

Appellate Case: 05-4006 Document: 010110642434 Date Filed: 05/23/2005 Page: 1
Before SEYMOUR, HARTZ, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges. 

Plaintiff-Appellant Norman E. Reed, an inmate proceeding pro se, appeals 

the dismissal of his 42 U .S.C. § 1983 claim alleging constitutional violations 

related to his incarceration. The district court dismissed the claim without 

prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. We have jurisdiction 

under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm. 

The Prison Litigation Reform Act requires inmates bringing prisoncondition actions to exhaust "such administrative remedies as are available[.]" 42 

U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Suits involving multiple prison-condition complaints require 

"total exhaustion," meaning "all available prison grievance remedies must be 

exhausted as to all of the claims." Ross v. County of Bernalillo, 365 F.3d 1181, 

1188 (10th Cir. 2004) (internal quotation marks omitted). To plead exhaustion 

properly, the prisoner plaintiff "must ... attach a copy of the applicable 

administrative dispositions to the complaint, or, in the absence of written 

documentation, describe with specificity the administrative proceeding and its 

outcome." Steele v. Fed. Bureau of Prisons, 355 F.3d 1204, 1210 (10th Cir. 

2003) (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted). 

Mr. Reed raises at least five different prison-condition claims. The only 

i terns in the record addressing the exhaustion requirement are ( 1) a conclusory 

statement claiming that "Plaintiff has previously sought informal or formal relief 

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from the appropriate administrative officials regarding the acts complained of 

herein to no avail," R. Vol. I, doc. 8 at 7, and (2) a copy of one grievance, which 

does not indicate the grievance level or outcome. Mr. Reed's pleadings and 

attached grievance form do not satisfy the requirements of Steele by establishing 

that he has exhausted all his administrative remedies. To the extent that he may 

be able to satisfy the exhaustion requirement for a claim by showing that he was 

thwarted by prison authorities, he must allege that in his district-court pleadings 

as well. 

Having conducted de novo review, see Ross, 365 F.3d at 1185, we AFFIRM 

for substantially the same reasons stated by the district court. Mr. Reed's motion 

to pay the appellate filing fee in partial payments is GRANTED. He is reminded 

that he is obligated to continue making partial payments until the entire fee is 

paid. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Harris L Hartz 

Circuit Judge 

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