UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

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PATRICK RAMIREZ,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SANTA FE COUNTY ADULT DETENTION CENTER,

Defendant - Appellee.

No. 05-2021

(D. New Mexico)

(D.Ct. No. CIV-04-627 JB/DJS)
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ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

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

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

Patrick Robert Ramirez, appearing pro se and in forma pauperis (IFP),1 filed this section 1983 action seeking damages and injunctive relief based upon conditions of his confinement. The district court determined he failed to adequately allege exhaustion of administrative remedies and issued an order to show cause why it should not dismiss his complaint. Ramirez responded by filing several supplemental pleadings, which were inadequate.2 The district court determined Ramirez had "submitted his grievances after filing his Complaint and thus did not comply with the statute's exhaustion requirement" and dismissed his complaint without prejudice under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).3 (R. Doc. 30 at 2.) Rather than refile after documenting full exhaustion of administrative remedies, he has appealed from the district court's order.4

In his filing with this Court, Ramirez argues the merits of his case without any meaningful discussion of exhaustion, the primary basis of the district court's decision. Moreover, he merely quarrels with the district court's conclusions in a summary and conclusory fashion, without citation of authority or record references. Ramirez's appeal is "without merit in that it lacks an arguable basis in either law or fact." Thompson v. Gibson, 289 F.3d 1218, 1222 (10th Cir. 2002). This dismissal of Ramirez's appeal as frivolous counts as a strike pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Ramirez is reminded that if he accrues three strikes, he will no longer be able to proceed IFP in any civil action filed in a federal court unless he is in imminent danger of physical injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

We DISMISS the appeal.

Entered by the Court:

Terrence L. O'Brien

United States Circuit Judge