Dennis Earl Mason v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director, United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Earl Mason, an inmate at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri, appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri dismissing his habeas corpus attack on the conditions of his confinement without prejudice for failure to exhaust available administrative remedies. The petitioner challenges the constitutionality of our holding in Willis v. Ciccone, 506 F.2d 1011, 1015 (8th Cir. 1974), that “a federal prisoner must exhaust available administrative remedies within the…