Jason Kelly v. Frank Bisignano

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 25-3214 ___________________________

Jason L. Kelly

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Administration

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________

Submitted: June 5, 2026 Filed: June 17, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Jason Kelly appeals following the district court’s1 dismissal of his employment- related action for failure to timely exhaust administrative remedies and failure to state

1 The Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. a claim. Upon careful review, we conclude that the dismissal was proper for the reasons stated by the district court. See Warmington v. Bd. of Regents of Univ. Of Minn., 998 F.3d 789, 795 (8th Cir. 2021); King v. Iowa Dep’t of Corr., 598 F.3d 1051, 1052 (8th Cir. 2010). We further conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Kelly’s motion for counsel, request to supplement, or Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion. See Akpovi v. Douglas, 43 F.4th 832, 837 (8th Cir. 2022); Longie v. Spirit Lake Tribe, 400 F.3d 586, 588 n.3 (8th Cir. 2005); Davis v. Scott, 94 F.3d 444, 447 (8th Cir. 1996).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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