Joseph Stafford v. Gwen Brown

Federal inmate Joseph Stafford appeals the district court’s 1 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) dismissal of his action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Having carefully reviewed the record, see McAlphin v. Toney, 375 F.3d 753, 754 (8th Cir.2004) (per curiam) (standard of review), we affirm.

A prisoner cannot bring a Bivens action involving prison conditions before exhausting available administrative remedies. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a); Porter…