
    Michael F. DEHONEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary MAYNARD; Joyce Lawton; Cocie Rushton, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 03-6800.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted Aug. 14, 2003.
    Decided Aug. 21, 2003.
    
      Michael F. Dehoney, Appellant Pro Se. John Evans James, III, Lee, Erter, Wilson, James, Holler & Smith, L.L.C., Sumter, South Carolina, for Appellees.
    Before WILLIAMS, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
    Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
   PER CURIAM.

Michael F. Dehoney appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and the order denying the motion for reconsideration. The district court properly required exhaustion of administrative remedies under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (2000). Because Dehoney did not demonstrate to the district court that he had exhausted administrative remedies or that such remedies were not available, the court’s dismissal of the action, without prejudice, was not an abuse of discretion. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s orders. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.  