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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JANICE SUGITA,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

B. PARKER, et al., 

 Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-00118-AWI-MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE 

UNENUMERATED RULE 12(b) MOTION

(ECF No. 21)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter proceeds on claims of medical 

indifference against Defendants Longia and Salinas and retaliation against Defendant 

Longia.

Before the Court is Defendants’ March 28, 2014 motion to modify the Court’s 

scheduling order to extend the deadline to file an unenumerated 12(b) motion.

The motion must be denied. On April 3, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for 

the Ninth Circuit issued a decision overruling Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1119 (9th 

Cir. 2003) with respect to the proper procedure for raising the issue of administrative 

exhaustion. Albino v. Baca, No. 10-55702, 2014 WL 1317141, at *1 (9th Cir. Apr. 3, 2014) 

(en banc). Following the decision in Albino, Defendants may raise the issue of exhaustion 

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in either (1) a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), in the rare event the failure to 

exhaust is clear on the face of the complaint, or (2) a motion for summary judgment. 

Albino, 2014 WL 1317141, at *4. An unenumerated Rule 12(b) motion is no longer the 

proper procedural device for raising the issue of exhaustion. Id. 

Accordingly, in light of the decision in Albino, it is HEREBY ORDERED that

Defendants’ motion to extend time to file an unenumerated 12(b) motion (ECF No. 21) is 

DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 21, 2014 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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