Case Name: Clifford J. SCHUETT Plaintiff-Appellant v. L. LARIVA, Warden; M. Smith Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-09-12
Citations: 697 F. App'x 475
Docket Number: No. 17-1210
Parties: Clifford J. SCHUETT Plaintiff-Appellant v. L. LARIVA, Warden; M. Smith Defendants-Appellees
Judges: Before COLLOTON, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 697
Pages: 475–475

Head Matter:
Clifford J. SCHUETT Plaintiff-Appellant v. L. LARIVA, Warden; M. Smith Defendants-Appellees
No. 17-1210
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: September 7, 2017
Filed: September 12, 2017
Clifford J. Schuett, Pro Se
David W. Fuller, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellees
Before COLLOTON, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this pro se civil-rights action, federal prisoner Clifford Schuett appeals after the District Court dismissed his lawsuit without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. He has also moved for appointment of counsel.
We have reviewed the record and the parties' arguments on appeal, and we conclude that dismissal was appropriate. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (requiring exhaustion of available administrative remedies before a prisoner may bring a federal action challenging prison conditions under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)); King v. Iowa Dep't of Corr., 598 F.3d 1051, 1052 (8th Cir.) (reviewing de novo a dismissal under § 1997e(a)), cert. denied, 562 U.S. 966, 131 S.Ct. 499, 178 L.Ed.2d 296 (2010); Johnson v. Jones, 340 F.3d 624, 627 (8th Cir. 2003) ("Under the plain language of section 1997e(a), an inmate must exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit in federal court."); see also McAlphin v. Toney, 375 F.3d 753, 755 (8th Cir. 2004) (per curiam) ("[A] claim falling within the imminent danger exception to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) must nonetheless meet the mandatory exhaustion requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a).").
We affirm the District Court and deny Schuett's motion for appointment of counsel.
. The Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, partially adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Steven E. Rau, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota,