Case Name: Mark E. HAMMETT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. George LOMBARDI; Mike Kemna; Dave Dormire; Bill Galloway; Donna Cayer; Kelly Morriss; Valerie Campbell, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-02-04
Citations: 497 F. App'x 684
Docket Number: No. 12-2068
Parties: Mark E. HAMMETT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. George LOMBARDI; Mike Kemna; Dave Dormire; Bill Galloway; Donna Cayer; Kelly Morriss; Valerie Campbell, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before MURPHY, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 497
Pages: 684–685

Head Matter:
Mark E. HAMMETT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. George LOMBARDI; Mike Kemna; Dave Dormire; Bill Galloway; Donna Cayer; Kelly Morriss; Valerie Campbell, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-2068.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 4, 2013.
Filed: Feb. 4, 2013.
Mark E. Hammett, Jefferson City, MO, pro se.
Joanna L.W. Trachtenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO (Chris Foster, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellees.
Before MURPHY, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Missouri inmate Mark Hammett appeals the district court's dismissal, without prejudice, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Given that Hammett submitted with his complaint a prison official's June 2010 Appeal Response denying Hammett's administrative appeal because he did not timely commence the grievance process, we conclude that dismissal was warranted. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (exhaustion of administrative remedies must precede prisoner's filing of suit); Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 90-91, 126 S.Ct. 2378, 165 L.Ed.2d 368 (2006) (proper exhaustion demands compliance with agency's deadlines and other critical rules). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.