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Parties Involved:
Michael R. Matthews
Appellee
Mr. McFadden
Appellee
Elbert Pearson
Appellee
Ms. Ravenell
Appellee
Kenneth Syncere Rivera
Appellant
Lieutenant Skipper
Appellee
Bryan P. Stirling
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-7137

KENNETH SYNCERE RIVERA, a/k/a KENNETH D. RIVERA, a/k/a 

KENNETH RIVERA,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

BRYAN P. STIRLING, Director; ELBERT PEARSON, S.I.U.; 

LIEUTENANT SKIPPER, Contraband; MR. MCFADDEN, Warden; MS. 

RAVENELL, I.C.C.; MICHAEL R. MATTHEWS,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Anderson. J. Michelle Childs, District 

Judge. (8:15-cv-03318-JMC)

Submitted: December 20, 2016 Decided: December 22, 2016

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kenneth Syncere Rivera, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Holmes 

Burton, GIBBES & BURTON, LLC, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Kenneth Syncere Rivera appeals the district court’s order 

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying 

relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint. Because the 

record discloses that Rivera failed to properly exhaust his 

administrative remedies as required under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e 

(2012), we affirm the dismissal without prejudice of his 

complaint. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and 

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials 

before this court and argument would not aid the decisional 

process.

AFFIRMED

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