UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

GERALD G. COTTON,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

No. 05-2254
v.	(D. of N.M.)
RICK LOONEY, Warden, LINDA LYON, Unit Manager, A. JARAMILLO, Sergeant, S. COOK, Case Manager, CORRAL, Unit Manager, and S. BACA, Case Manager,

Defendants-Appellees.	(D.C. No. CIV 05-183 JB/LCS)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before KELLY, O'BRIEN, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.**

Plaintiff-Appellant Gerald G. Cotton, a state prisoner appearing pro se, filed a civil rights complaint in the district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging he was repeatedly denied access to the prison law library. The district court, in an order entered July 28, 2005, denied Mr. Cotton's claim for failure to meet the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). According to the district court, Cotton failed to exhaust fully his administrative remedies, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act. See Ross v. County of Bernalillo, 365 F.3d 1181, 1190 (10th Cir. 2004) ("[T]he PLRA . . . requires inmates to exhaust fully all of their claims before filing in federal court."). The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice.

We agree. For the reasons set forth by the district court, we DISMISS the appeal. We further remind Mr. Cotton that he remains obligated to continue making monthly payments to pay the appellate filing fee.

Entered for the court

Timothy M. Tymkovich

Circuit Judge