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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES PABLO PATTERSON, 

Plaintiff,

v.

WARDEN & HOUSING 

SUPERVISOR, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:12-cv-01948-JLT

SECOND INFORMATIONAL ORDER - NOTICE 

AND WARNING OF REQUIREMENTS FOR 

OPPOSING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO 

DISMISS

(Doc. 32)

Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this civil action. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss for 

failure to exhaust on March 7, 2014 and pursuant to Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934 (9th Cir. 

2012) and Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir. 2003) the Court hereby notifies Plaintiff of 

the following rights and requirements for opposing the motion:

1. Unless otherwise ordered, all motions to dismiss shall be briefed pursuant to Local 

Rule 230(l). 

2. Plaintiff is required to file an opposition or a statement of non-opposition to 

Defendants' motion to dismiss. Local Rule 230(l). If Plaintiff fails to file an opposition or a 

statement of non-opposition to the motion, this action may be dismissed, with prejudice, for 

failure to prosecute. The opposition, or statement of non-opposition, must be filed not more than 

21 days after the date of service of the motion. Id. 

3. Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust the administrative 

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remedies as to one or more claims in the complaint. The failure to exhaust the administrative 

remedies is subject to an unenumerated Rule 12(b) motion to dismiss. Wyatt, 315 F.3d at 1119 

(citing Ritza v. Int'l Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, 837 F.2d 365, 368 (9th Cir. 

1988) (per curiam)). In deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust, the Court will look 

beyond the pleadings and decide disputed issues of fact. Wyatt, 315 F.3d at 1119-20 (quoting 

Ritza, 837 F.2d at 368). If the Court concludes that Plaintiff has not exhausted the administrative 

remedies, the unexhausted claims must be dismissed and the Court will grant the motion to 

dismiss. Wyatt, 315 F.3d at 1120. If all of the claims are unexhausted, the case will be dismissed, 

which means Plaintiff's case is over. If some of the claims are exhausted and some are 

unexhausted, the unexhausted claims will be dismissed and the case will proceed forward only on 

the exhausted claims. Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 219-224, 127 S. Ct. 910, 923-26 (2007). A 

dismissal for failure to exhaust is without prejudice. Wyatt, 315 F.3d at 1120. 

If responding to Defendants' unenumerated 12(b) motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust 

the administrative remedies, Plaintiff may not simply rely on allegations in the complaint. 

Instead, Plaintiff must oppose the motion by setting forth specific facts in declaration(s) and/or by 

submitting other evidence regarding the exhaustion of administrative remedies. See Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 43(c); Ritza, 837 F.2d at 369. If Plaintiff does not submit his own evidence in opposition, the 

Court may conclude that Plaintiff has not exhausted the administrative remedies and the case will 

be dismissed in whole or in part.

4. Unsigned declarations will be stricken, and declarations not signed under penalty of 

perjury have no evidentiary value.

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5. The failure of any party to comply with this order, the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, or the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California may result in the imposition of 

sanctions including but not limited to dismissal of the action or entry of default.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 11, 2014 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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