Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-12-13 17:00:21.818162+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
                         ___________________________

                                 No. 19-1387
                         ___________________________

                                 James N. Brown, Jr.

                        lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                           v.

  Associate Warden G. Cooper; Asst. Director Ken Hyle; Sara Revell, Regional
 Director; Kathleen Kenney, Gen. Counsel; L. LaRiva, Warden; L. Janssen, R.N.;
C. Orum, Unit Manager; R. Woltman, Unit Counselor; FNU Sanson; A. Cossette,
Unit Manager; D. Holbus, Lieutenant; C. Stromberg, C/O; FNU Hare, Lieutenant;
Peter Arroyo; Charles Slater, MD; Sheila Hadaway, MD; Misbah Baqir, M.B.B.S.;
Mayo Clinic; M. Porter, R.N. Supervisor; T. Miller, Captain; United States of America

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
                                        ____________

                     Appeal from United States District Court
                          for the District of Minnesota
                                  ____________

                           Submitted: December 10, 2019
                             Filed: December 13, 2019
                                   [Unpublished]
                                  ____________

Before STRAS, WOLLMAN, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
                          ____________

PER CURIAM.
       Former federal inmate James N. Brown, Jr. appeals the district court’s1 adverse
grant of summary judgment in his action raising claims under Bivens v. Six Unknown
Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).2 We find that
dismissal of the Bivens claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies was
mandatory, given the undisputed evidence that Brown did not properly exhaust. See
King v. Iowa Dep’t of Corr., 598 F.3d 1051, 1052 (8th Cir. 2010) (de novo review);
Johnson v. Jones, 340 F.3d 624, 627 (8th Cir. 2003) (dismissal is required if inmate
has not exhausted administrative remedies before filing federal suit). As to the
Bivens claims for damages at issue on appeal, the judgment is affirmed, see 8th Cir.
R. 47B, but the dismissal is amended to be without prejudice.
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      1
      The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of
Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Becky R.
Thorson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.
      2
        Brown has identified certain appellees who should be dismissed, and has
waived all but the Bivens claims against the remaining officials and staff of the
Bureau of Prisons and the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota. See Hess
v. Ables, 714 F.3d 1048, 1051 n.2 (8th Cir. 2013) (waiver of claims). Further,
because of Brown’s release from prison, his claims for injunctive and declaratory
relief are moot. See Watts v. Brewer, 588 F.2d 646, 648 (8th Cir. 1987) (plaintiff’s
release from prison mooted claims for declaratory and injunctive relief, but not his
claim for monetary damages).

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