Case Name: Rhonshawn JACKSON, Appellant v. Sgt. Mr. TAYLOR, Property Sgt.; English, P. Officer; R.H.U. L.T.; R.H.U. Sgt.; Major of the Guards; David J. Close; Randall Britton; Doretta Checcharich, Supt. Assistant, Grievance Coordinator; TPR Ferguson; Grievance Officer; Moore-Smeal; Major Horton; Mr. Blake; Dpt. Kessling; E. Tice; Major Hollibaugh; Pa Dept. of Corrections; Jeffrey Beard
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-03-13
Citations: 467 F. App'x 98
Docket Number: No. 11-4616
Parties: Rhonshawn JACKSON, Appellant v. Sgt. Mr. TAYLOR, Property Sgt.; English, P. Officer; R.H.U. L.T.; R.H.U. Sgt.; Major of the Guards; David J. Close; Randall Britton; Doretta Checcharich, Supt. Assistant, Grievance Coordinator; TPR Ferguson; Grievance Officer; Moore-Smeal; Major Horton; Mr. Blake; Dpt. Kessling; E. Tice; Major Hollibaugh; Pa Dept. of Corrections; Jeffrey Beard.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 467
Pages: 98–100

Head Matter:
Rhonshawn JACKSON, Appellant v. Sgt. Mr. TAYLOR, Property Sgt.; English, P. Officer; R.H.U. L.T.; R.H.U. Sgt.; Major of the Guards; David J. Close; Randall Britton; Doretta Checcharich, Supt. Assistant, Grievance Coordinator; TPR Ferguson; Grievance Officer; Moore-Smeal; Major Horton; Mr. Blake; Dpt. Kessling; E. Tice; Major Hollibaugh; Pa Dept. of Corrections; Jeffrey Beard.
No. 11-4616.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted for Possible Dismissal Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) or Summary Action Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 March 8, 2012.
Opinion filed: March 13, 2012.
Rhonshawn Jackson, Camp Hill, PA, pro se.
Maryanne M. Lewis, Esq., Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: AMBRO, JORDAN and VANASKIE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
On March 19, 2009, Pennsylvania inmate Rhonshawn Jackson was involved in an altercation with a guard at SCI Houtzdale. Jackson was placed into restricted housing and was transferred to SCI Huntingdon the following day. Upon learning that some of his property — including personal and religious items — had been destroyed as contraband prior to being shipped to Huntingdon, Jackson attempted to right this perceived wrong by pursuing administrative grievances; having failed to obtain administrative relief, Jackson filed suit, alleging that the defendants (employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections) had violated his constitutional rights by improperly disposing of his property. Jackson invoked 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 1988, 1985, and 1986, as well as the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and Pennsylvania state law.
Following a protracted discovery period, the defendants moved for summary judgment. The Magistrate Judge recommended that the suit be dismissed in part pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and that summary judgment be granted for the defendants on the remaining claims. Overruling Jackson's objections, the District Court adopted the recommendations, and this appeal followed.
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. "Our scope of review over the district court's order dismissing parts of the complaint and granting summary judgment is plenary." Berger v. Edgewater Steel Co., 911 F.2d 911, 916 (3d Cir.1990). 'We may affirm for any reason supported by the record, even if not relied on by the District Court." Otto v. Pa. State Educ. Ass'n-NEA, 330 F.3d 125, 140 n. 17 (3d Cir.2003).
In their summary judgment motion, the defendants argued that Jackson had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing suit, as is required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e. Jackson's final grievance appeal, they noted, was initially rejected on July 13, 2009, as he had failed to provide copies of relevant documents from earlier in the grievance process. See, e.g., Am. Compl. Ex. E, ECF No. 10. On August 11, 2009, the grievance appeal was dismissed, apparently because Jackson had "not provided th[e] Office with required documentation for proper review although [he] was reminded to do so." Am. Compl. Ex. D. In her affidavit, Assistant Chief Grievance Officer Tracy Williams confirmed that the grievance was dismissed due to Jackson's failure to correctly file supplementary material, and that the Secretary's Office of Grievances and Appeals received no other grievances from Jackson in either 2009 or 2010. See Williams Dec. ¶ 13-15, ECF No. 69-7. In response, Jackson argued that he attempted to submit the documents, but implied that they were not received and/or were ignored. See, e.g., Pl.'s Br. 3, ECF No. 79.
It is well established that a prisoner's failure to properly comply with the prison's grievance process can lead to procedural default of his claims. See Spruill v. Gillis, 372 F.3d 218, 222 (3d Cir.2004). The regulations in place at the time required:
[a]n inmate appealing a grievance to final review [to be] responsible for providing the Secretary's Office of Inmate Grievances and Appeals with all required documentation relevant to the appeal. A proper appeal to final review shall include photocopies of the initial grievance, initial review response, the inmate appeal to the Facility Manager, and the Facility Manager's decision. Failure to provide the proper documentation may result in the appeal being dismissed.
DC-ADM 804 § VI(D)(l)(g) (2004), ECF No. 69-2 (emphasis added). While Jackson claimed that he did forward the requested material, he did not go beyond the pleadings and point to evidence supporting his argument, as he was required to do to survive a summary-judgment motion. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 817, 828-24, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986); see also Nisenbaum v. Milwaukee Cnty., 338 F.3d 804, 810 (7th Cir.2003) ("Allegations in a complaint are not evidence."). The affidavit he provided was conclusory, stating only that he "exhausted [his] grievance to Camp Hill but to no avail." Jackson Decl. ¶ 9, ECF No. 83. And while he attached a May 28, 2010 letter from one David Close in support of his argument that he submitted the requested documents again following the dismissal of his grievance, see Jackson Decl. Ex. 24, his attempts to comply with facility instructions after his appeal had been dismissed are of no moment. In sum, that Jackson failed to properly exhaust his administrative remedies prior to initiating his lawsuit is not genuinely in dispute, see Fed. R.Civ.P. 56(a), and the defendants were thus properly entitled to summary judgment. Since the suit therefore lacked merit, the District Court correctly denied Jackson's request for counsel. See Tabron v. Grace, 6 F.3d 147, 155-56 (3d Cir.1993).
For the foregoing reasons, and as this appeal presents no substantial question, we will summarily affirm the judgment of the District Court. ' Murray v. Bledsoe, 650 F.3d 246, 248 (3d Cir.2011) (per curiam); see also 3d Cir. L.A.R. 27.4; I.O.P. 10.6.
. We have simplified the somewhat unusual procedural history of the case in the District Court, as it is not germane to the present appeal.
. We understand the District Court to have dismissed Jackson's property-deprivation due-process claim while granting summary judgment on all other claims. We agree with the District Court's disposition of the property-deprivation claim, as Jackson was provided a meaningful post-deprivation remedy. Monroe v. Beard, 536 F.3d 198, 210 (3d Cir.2008) (quoting Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 533, 104 S.Ct. 3194, 82 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984)).