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Date Created: 2023-03-15 18:01:06.939549+00
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Case: 22-40153     Document: 00516677221         Page: 1     Date Filed: 03/15/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit                            United States Court of Appeals
                                                                             Fifth Circuit

                                                                           FILED
                                  No. 22-40153                       March 15, 2023
                                Summary Calendar
                                                                      Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                           Clerk

   Troy D. Baylor,

                                                           Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                       versus

   Sreedhar Polavapu, M.D.,

                                                           Defendant—Appellee.

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Eastern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 1:18-CV-594

   Before Jones, Stewart, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          During his confinement at the Federal Correctional Complex in
   Beaumont, Texas, Troy Baylor claims that he was assaulted by another
   inmate. He was taken to a local medical provider to treat his injuries. The
   doctor who treated Baylor set a follow-up appointment for four weeks later.

          *
            Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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   opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
Case: 22-40153     Document: 00516677221          Page: 2   Date Filed: 03/15/2023

                                   No. 22-40153

   Baylor claims that the defendant, a doctor whose employer contracted with
   the prison, was responsible for transporting Baylor to the follow-up
   appointment yet failed to do so. He brought this pro se lawsuit against the
   defendant under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
         The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s report and
   recommendation, which found that Baylor failed to exhaust his
   administrative remedies as required by the Section 1997e of the Civil Rights
   of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). On appeal, Baylor raises a single
   issue: that he exhausted his remedies because he filed a Federal Tort Claim
   form, which was reviewed and denied by prison administrators. This is
   wrong. The process for filing a claim under FTCA is separate from the
   exhaustion requirements of CRIPA. For the reasons given in the report and
   recommendation, Baylor has failed to exhaust under CRIPA.
         AFFIRMED.

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