989 F.2d 491
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Diamond ACOSTA, Plaintiff-Appellant,andAlfred R. Robinson;  Richard O. Creasy;  Greg L. Widener, Plaintiffs,v.EUGENE W. MURRAY, Director;  D. A. GARRAGHTY, Warden,Defendants-Appellees.
No. 93-6088.
United States Court of Appeals,Fourth Circuit.
Submitted:  March 1, 1993Decided:  March 26, 1993

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond.  Richard L. Williams, Senior District Judge.  (CA-92-73)
Diamond Acosta, Appellant Pro Se.
Robert Harkness Herring, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.
E.D.Va.
AFFIRMED.
Before WIDENER, HAMILTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

OPINION

1
Diamond Acosta appeals the district court's order dismissing his cause of action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988).  Acting pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997e (1988), the district court ordered Plaintiff to exhaust administrative remedies and to advise the court within ninety days of the result of the administrative proceedings.  It warned Plaintiff that failure to advise the court regarding exhaustion would result in dismissal of the action.  Plaintiff failed to comply with this order, and the district court dismissed the case without prejudice upon expiration of the allowed period.


2
The district court could properly require exhaustion of administrative remedies under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e.  Its dismissal of the action, without prejudice, when Plaintiff failed to comply with its order was not an abuse of discretion.  We therefore affirm the judgment below.  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
