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Parties Involved:
Calaveras County Sheriff's Jail
Defendant
Anthony Patrick
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY PATRICK,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALAVERAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S JAIL,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01153-JLT (PC)

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO 

SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION SHOULD 

NOT BE DISMISSED, WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE, FOR FAILUE TO EXHAUST

PRIOR TO FILING SUIT

(Doc. 1)

30-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff, Anthony Patrick, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 24, 2015.

Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, “[n]o action shall be brought with 

respect to prison conditions under [42 U.S.C. § 1983], or any other Federal law, by a prisoner 

confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are 

available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Prisoners are required to exhaust the available 

administrative remedies prior to filing suit. Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 211, 127 S.Ct. 910 

(2007); McKinney v. Carey, 311 F.3d 1198, 1199-1201 (9th Cir. 2002). Exhaustion is required 

regardless of the relief sought by the prisoner and regardless of the relief offered by the process, 

Booth v. Churner, 532 U.S. 731, 741 (2001), and the exhaustion requirement applies to all suits 

relating to prison life, Porter v. Nussle, 435 U.S. 516 (2002). 

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In the Complaint, Plaintiff concedes that he did not file an inmate grievance concerning the 

facts raised in the Complaint stating that he did not have time to start a grievance because he was 

in jail only one full day and on the second day he fell and broke his leg. (Doc. 1, Comp., p. 2.) 

Thus, it appears Plaintiff filed suit prematurely without first exhausting in compliance with section 

1997e(a). Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1120 (9th Cir. 2003) ("A prisoner’s concession to 

nonexhaustion is a valid ground for dismissal. . . .").

Accordingly, Plaintiff is HEREBY ORDERED to show cause within 30 days from the 

date of service of this order why this action should not be dismissed, without prejudice, for failure 

to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 20, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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