Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-05-18 15:26:40+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                          FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                  No. 11-1274
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Alan R. King, Jr.,                       *
                                         *
              Appellant,                 *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
       v.                                * District Court for the Eastern
                                         * District of Arkansas.
United States of America; Steven         *
Melton, Correctional Officer, In His     *
Individual Capacity; Eric Thompson,      *
S.I.A. Lt., Forrest City FCI; T. C.      * [UNPUBLISHED]
Outlaw, Warden, Forrest City FCI,        *
                                         *
              Appellees.                 *
                                    ___________

                            Submitted: May 16, 2011
                               Filed: May 18, 2011
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Before BYE, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Federal inmate Alan King appeals the district court’s1 order, entered after
summary judgment proceedings, dismissing with prejudice his claim under the Federal
Tort Claims Act (FTCA), and dismissing without prejudice his claims under Bivens

      1
        The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable H.
David Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).
Upon de novo review, see Meuir v. Greene Cnty. Jail Emps., 487 F.3d 1115, 1118
(8th Cir. 2007), we affirm.

       We conclude that King’s FTCA claim was properly dismissed with prejudice
because--as pled in the complaint--it was based solely upon acts that were
undisputedly performed outside the scope of employment. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 1346(b)(1) (granting federal courts jurisdiction over claims for personal injury
caused by wrongful act of government employee while acting within scope of his
employment, under circumstances where United States, if private person, would be
liable to claimant in accordance with law of place where act occurred); see also N.
States Power Co. v. Fed. Transit Admin., 358 F.3d 1050, 1056-57 (8th Cir. 2004)
(district court was correct to disregard argument raised for first time in summary
judgment proceedings; although pleading requirements are relatively permissive, they
do not entitle parties to manufacture claims, which were not pled, late into litigation
for purpose of avoiding summary judgment).

       We also agree with the district court that King failed to exhaust his
administrative remedies on his Bivens claims. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (no action
may be brought with respect to prison conditions by prisoner confined in correctional
facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted).

      Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We
also deny the pending motion for appointment of counsel.
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