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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Raymond V. Gutierrez, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Corrections Corporation of America, et al.

Defendants. 

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No. CV 10-0117-PHX-RCB (ECV)

ORDER

In this pro se prisoner civil rights action, Defendant Corrections Corporation of America

filed a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b) (Doc. 20).

Defendant seeks to dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint on the grounds that he failed

to exhaust administrative remedies as required under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (Doc. 20). In

support of its exhaustion argument, Defendant submitted an affidavit and supporting documents

(id., Ex. A & Attachs.). 

When deciding a motion to dismiss for nonexhaustion, the Court may look beyond the

pleadings to decide disputed issues of fact, and if it considers affidavits or other evidence, the

plaintiff must have fair notice of his opportunity to develop a record. Wyatt v. Terhune, 315

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In this request and in a Motion for Enlargement of Time that he later filed, Plaintiff 1

explained that the day he transferred to Mississippi, documents arrived in the mail from the

Court; however, he was not allowed to take them, and they were left with officials at the Eloy

facility (Docs. 25, 30).

Wyatt, 315 F.3d at 1120 n. 14. 2

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F.3d 1108, 1119-20 & n. 14 (9th Cir. 2003). A prisoner should be notified that if he “fails to

controvert the moving party with opposing counter-affidavits or other evidence, the moving

party’s evidence might be taken as the truth, and final judgment may be entered against the

prisoner.” Id. at 1114 n. 6, 1120 n. 14.

After Defendant filed its Motion to Dismiss, the Court issued a Notice pursuant to Wyatt

that informed Plaintiff of his need to controvert Defendant’s motion with evidence (Doc. 21).

This Notice was returned in the mail (Doc. 22). Plaintiff submitted a Notice of Change of

Address indicating his move from Eloy, Arizona to Tutwiler, Mississippi (Doc. 24). Plaintiff

also filed a request for documents to be resent to the Mississippi address (Doc. 25). A note 1

was entered on the docket stating that the Wyatt Notice was remailed to Plaintiff (id.); however,

there is no documentation of the address the Notice was remailed to. In his subsequent response

to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, Plaintiff stated that he never received the Notice that had

been returned to the Court (Doc. 36). Plaintiff responded to Defendant’s motion but did not

submit any supporting evidence. Defendant then filed its reply (Doc. 37).

Because Plaintiff avers that he did not receive the required notice under Wyatt, he will

be provided with additional time to file a supplemental response. 

NOTICE--WARNING TO PLAINTIFF

THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO YOU BY THE COURT2

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss seeks to have your case dismissed for failure to exhaust

prison administrative remedies as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). A motion to dismiss under

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b) will, if granted, end your case. When deciding a motion

to dismiss for failure to exhaust, the Court may consider evidence beyond your First Amended

Complaint, including sworn declarations and other admissible documentary evidence.

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Moreover, if Defendant produces admissible evidence demonstrating that you failed to exhaust

available administrative remedies, your First Amended Complaint will be dismissed without

prejudice unless your response to Defendant’s Motion includes admissible evidence sufficient

to show that you exhausted all available administrative remedies or that no administrative

remedies were available to you. Types of admissible evidence may include copies of your

grievances, grievance responses and sworn declarations. 

Additionally, you must comply with the following provisions of Local Rule of Civil

Procedure 7.2:

(e) Length of Motions and Memoranda. Unless otherwise permitted by

the Court, a motion including its supporting memorandum, and the response

including its supporting memorandum, each shall not exceed seventeen (17)

pages, exclusive of attachments and any required statement of facts. 

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(i) Briefs or Memoranda of Law; Effect of Non-Compliance. If a

motion does not conform in all substantial respects with the requirements of this

Local Rule, or if the unrepresented party or counsel does not serve and file the

required answering memoranda, or if the unrepresented party or counsel fails to

appear at the time and place assigned for oral argument, such non-compliance

may be deemed a consent to the denial or granting of the motion and the Court

may dispose of the motion summarily.

LRCiv 7.2.

If Plaintiff does not file a supplemental response, the Court will consider his response

that was signed and filed on April 13, 2011 (Doc. 36).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Within 14 days from the date of this Order, Plaintiff may file a supplemental

response to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, together with copies of grievances, sworn

declarations, or other admissible evidence. 

(2) Defendant may file a supplemental reply within 5 days after service of Plaintiff’s

supplemental response.

(3) The Motion to Dismiss will be deemed ready for decision without oral argument on

the day following the date set for filing a supplemental reply.

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DATED this 16 day of May, 2011. th

copies to plaintiff pro se and counsel of record

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