Case Name: Johnny Lee SANDERS, Jr. Appellant, v. Rex JONES, Supervisor of Education, FCI-Forrest City; Mel Smith, Captain, FCI-Forrest City; Kim Tillman, Teacher, FCI-Forrest City; Kim Thrash, Education Technician, FCI-Forrest City; Melanie Garrido, Supervisor of Education, FCI-Forrest City; Lindsey Dunham, Teacher, FCI-Forrest City; Howard Barron, Jr., Unit Manager, FCI-Forrest City; Marvin D. Morrison, Warden, FCI-Forrest City, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-08-26
Citations: 73 F. App'x 897
Docket Number: No. 02-3120
Parties: Johnny Lee SANDERS, Jr. Appellant, v. Rex JONES, Supervisor of Education, FCI—Forrest City; Mel Smith, Captain, FCI—Forrest City; Kim Tillman, Teacher, FCI—Forrest City; Kim Thrash, Education Technician, FCI—Forrest City; Melanie Garrido, Supervisor of Education, FCI—Forrest City; Lindsey Dunham, Teacher, FCI—Forrest City; Howard Barron, Jr., Unit Manager, FCI—Forrest City; Marvin D. Morrison, Warden, FCI—Forrest City, Appellees.
Judges: Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, McMILLIAN, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 73
Pages: 897–898

Head Matter:
Johnny Lee SANDERS, Jr. Appellant, v. Rex JONES, Supervisor of Education, FCI—Forrest City; Mel Smith, Captain, FCI—Forrest City; Kim Tillman, Teacher, FCI—Forrest City; Kim Thrash, Education Technician, FCI—Forrest City; Melanie Garrido, Supervisor of Education, FCI—Forrest City; Lindsey Dunham, Teacher, FCI—Forrest City; Howard Barron, Jr., Unit Manager, FCI—Forrest City; Marvin D. Morrison, Warden, FCI—Forrest City, Appellees.
No. 02-3120.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted July 8, 2003.
Decided Aug. 26, 2003.
Johnny Lee Sanders, Jr., Forrest City, AR, pro se.
Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, McMILLIAN, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Federal prisoner Johnny Lee Sanders, Jr., appeals the district court's (1) preservice dismissal without prejudice of his Bivens action for failing to exhaust his administrative remedies, (2) denial of his motion to alter or amend the judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e), and (3) denial of leave to amend his complaint. We grant Mr. Sanders's request to proceed in forma pauperis, and assess the appellate filing fee. See Henderson v. Norris, 129 F.3d 481, 484-85 (8th Cir.1997) (per curiam).
Because Mr. Sanders did not file any administrative grievances against defendant Marvin Morrison, we conclude the dismissal was proper. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a); Porter v. Nussle, 534 U.S. 516, 524, 122 S.Ct. 983, 152 L.Ed.2d 12 (2002) (federal prisoners suing under Bivens must first exhaust inmate grievance procedures; administrative exhaustion is prerequisite even if administrative remedies are not plain, speedy, and effective, and relief inmate seeks is not available); Graves v. Norris, 218 F.3d 884, 885-86 (8th Cir.2000) (per curiam) (dismissal proper where at least some of plaintiffs claims were unexhausted when district court ruled). We also conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Mr. Sanders's Rule 59(e) motion, see Perkins v. U.S. West Communications, 138 F.3d 336, 340 (8th Cir.1998) (standard of review), or his motion for leave to amend, see In re NationsMart Corp. Sec. Litig., 130 F.3d 309, 322-23 (8th Cir.1997) (standard of review), cert. denied, 524 U.S. 927, 118 S.Ct. 2321, 141 L.Ed.2d 696 (1998).
Accordingly, we affirm.
. The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971).