Case Name: Derrick Adam FLOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM, Correctional Division; David Basse, Dr.; NFN CISCERN, Licensed Vocational Nurse, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-08-18
Citations: 104 F. App'x 446
Docket Number: No. 04-10037
Parties: Derrick Adam FLOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM, Correctional Division; David Basse, Dr.; NFN CISCERN, Licensed Vocational Nurse, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 104
Pages: 446–447

Head Matter:
Derrick Adam FLOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM, Correctional Division; David Basse, Dr.; NFN CISCERN, Licensed Vocational Nurse, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-10037.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Aug. 18, 2004.
Derrick Adam Floyd, Lamesa, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Derrick Adam Floyd, Texas state prisoner # 1143954, appeals the district court's dismissal of his civil rights complaint without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). We DISMISS the appeal as frivolous.
"Exhaustion is now mandatory, irrespective of the forms of relief sought and offered through administrative avenues." Days v. Johnson, 322 F.3d 863, 866 (5th Cir.2003) (citation and quotation marks omitted). A prisoner must exhaust his administrative remedies before filing suit. Wendell v. Asher, 162 F.3d 887, 890-91 (5th Cir.1998). Section 1997e, 42 U.S.C., does not require a judicial inquiry into the adequacy of available administrative remedies. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e; Underwood v. Wilson, 151 F.3d 292, 294 (5th Cir.1998).
Floyd conceded in the district court that he did not file any prison grievances, and he did not assert that he utilized his administrative remedies relative to any defendant. In this court, Floyd makes only conclusional allegations of exhaustion. Because Floyd has not shown that he will present a nonfrivolous issue on appeal, his appeal is DISMISSED. 5th Cm. R. 42.2; see Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir.1983).
The dismissal of this appeal as frivolous counts as a "strike" under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. See Adepegba v. Ham-mons, 103 F.3d 383, 387 (5th Cir.1996). Floyd is CAUTIONED that if he accumulates three strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), he will not be able to proceed in forma pauperis in any civil action or appeal filed while he is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
APPEAL DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.
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.