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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

DONALD GLASS,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. BEER, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:04-CV-05466-OWW-SMS-P

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO SHOW CAUSE OR CONCEDE

EXHAUSTION

(Doc. 50) 

Plaintiff Donald Glass (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 28, 2005, plaintiff filed a motion seeking a court

order requiring defendants to show cause or concede plaintiff exhausted in compliance with 42

U.S.C. § 1997e(a). It appears that plaintiff is seeking either a concession from defendants that he

exhausted or a finding by the court that he exhausted. 

The failure to exhaust is an affirmative defense which defendants have the burden of raising

and proving. Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1119 (9th Cir. 2003). The deadline for filing a

motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust was July 27, 2005, and defendants did not file a motion. The

decision whether or not to file a motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust rests with defendants and

plaintiff may not compel them to raise the defense. Neither may plaintiff, in the absence of a motion

to dismiss, compel them to concede that he exhausted. 

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Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to show cause or concede exhaustion, filed April 28, 2005,

is HEREBY ORDERED DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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