Alexander L. Baxter v. Jim Rose, James Davis, Nicky Jordan, Scotty Smith, Bobby Pevahouse, Bert Staggs, and Jim Bevis

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Alexander L. Baxter, a pro se Tennessee prisoner, appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing sua sponte his Section 1983 action. Baxter’s complaint alleged that several prison officials had violated his constitutional rights through disciplinary restrictions placed on his activities. The district court dismissed Baxter’s complaint for failing to allege exhaustion of his administrative remedies, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA). In doing so, the district court held that Baxter could not amend his complaint to cure the pleading…