Jerry L. Lown v. Larry Brimeyer, John Sissel, Charles Lee

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

In Offet v. Solem, 823 F.2d 1256 (8th Cir.1987), we held that a state inmate with a § 1983 claim for the unconstitutional dep rivation of good time credits must exhaust his state remedies. We suggested that the federal suit should be filed and stayed to avoid statute of limitations problems. In this case, ignoring that advice, Jerry L. Lown waited until he had successfully completed his exhaustion proceedings in state court before filing his § 1983 suit against Iowa prison officials. The district court 1 dismissed his suit as time-barred, and Lown appeals. Not…