Case Name: Luke Clyde TEIXEIRA, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, In his official and individual capacity; Telford Unit Warden, in his official and individual capacity; UGI, Telford Unit, In his official and individual capacity; Rayburn, Mail Personnel, In his individual and official capacity; Curie, Mail Personnel, In his individual and official capacity; Range, Lieutenant, In her individual and official capacity; John Does, (A-C), In their individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-08-28
Citations: 74 F. App'x 387
Docket Number: No. 03-40276
Parties: Luke Clyde TEIXEIRA, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, In his official and individual capacity; Telford Unit Warden, in his official and individual capacity; UGI, Telford Unit, In his official and individual capacity; Rayburn, Mail Personnel, In his individual and official capacity; Curie, Mail Personnel, In his individual and official capacity; Range, Lieutenant, In her individual and official capacity; John Does, (A-C), In their individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 74
Pages: 387–388

Head Matter:
Luke Clyde TEIXEIRA, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, In his official and individual capacity; Telford Unit Warden, in his official and individual capacity; UGI, Telford Unit, In his official and individual capacity; Rayburn, Mail Personnel, In his individual and official capacity; Curie, Mail Personnel, In his individual and official capacity; Range, Lieutenant, In her individual and official capacity; John Does, (A-C), In their individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 03-40276
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 28, 2003.
Luke Clyde Teixeira, pro se, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Kenedy, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Luke Teixeira, Texas state prisoner 1067308, appeals the district court's dismissal without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint based on his failure to exhaust his prison administrative remedies. Teixeira contends that he exhausted his administrative remedies and would have produced copies of his grievances if the district court had ordered prison officials to provide the documents.
Teixeira's pleadings reflect that he may have exhausted some but possibly not all of his claims through the administrative remedies process. The district court did not address the issue whether Teixeira had actually exhausted his administrative remedies, but dismissed the complaint because Teixeira had not attached written proof of exhaustion. The dismissal on that basis was erroneous because Teixeira was entitled to rely upon his pleadings in asserting exhaustion. See Underwood v. Wilson, 151 F.3d 292, 296 (5th Cir.1998).
The judgment of the district court dismissing the complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies is VACATED and the case is REMANDED to the district court for further consideration of the exhaustion issue.
VACATED AND REMANDED.
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.