Case Name: Jacoby GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. John DOE (B); John Doe (C); John Doe (D); John Doe (E); John Doe (F); John Doe (G); John Doe (H); John Doe (I); John Doe (J); John Doe (K); John Doe (L); John Doe (M); John Doe (N), Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-03-09
Citations: 678 F. App'x 465
Docket Number: No. 16-1269
Parties: Jacoby GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. John DOE (B); John Doe (C); John Doe (D); John Doe (E); John Doe (F); John Doe (G); John Doe (H); John Doe (I); John Doe (J); John Doe (K); John Doe (L); John Doe (M); John Doe (N), Defendants-Appellees
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 678
Pages: 465–465

Head Matter:
Jacoby GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. John DOE (B); John Doe (C); John Doe (D); John Doe (E); John Doe (F); John Doe (G); John Doe (H); John Doe (I); John Doe (J); John Doe (K); John Doe (L); John Doe (M); John Doe (N), Defendants-Appellees
No. 16-1269
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: March 2, 2017
Filed: March 9, 2017
Jhcoby Garrett, Pro Se
Clarinda Correctional Facility, Clarinda, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Les V. Reddick, Kane & Norby, Du-buque, 1A, for Defendants-Appellees
Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Jacoby Garrett appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment based on its finding that he had failed to exhaust administrative remedies, as required under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). After careful review of the record and the parties' arguments on appeal, we conclude that no genuine issue of material fact remained as to whether he failed to exhaust available administrative remedies. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (requiring prisoners to exhaust available administrative remedies prior to bringing a federal prison-conditions claim under § 1983); King v. Iowa Dep't of Corr., 598 F.3d 1051, 1052 (8th Cir. 2010) (de novo standard of review). Garrett effectively conceded the availability of an administrative remedy in stating that he had filed numerous grievance forms, and he did nothing to counter defendants' evidence that he failed to exhaust these remedies aside from the mere claim that he had done so in his unsworn complaint. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Edward J. McManus, United Stales District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.