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Parties Involved:
Gabriel Bradway
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In re GABRIEL BRADWAY, V35309,

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No. C 15-5610 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

(Dkt. #6)

Plaintiff, a state prisoner at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility

(RJD) in San Diego, California, submitted a letter to the court complaining of

overcrowding at RJD. The clerk filed the letter as a new prisoner action and 

notified plaintiff in writing that the action was deficient because he did not file an

actual complaint or pay the requisite filing fee or, instead, submit a signed and

completed court-approved in forma pauperis (IFP) application. Plaintiff was

advised that failure to file the requested items within 28 days would result in

dismissal of the action. 

Plaintiff first responded by filing a letter “declining” to proceed with the

action, dkt. #5 at1, but shortly thereafter filed an IFP application, dkt. #6, and

letters clarifying that “I do not wish to have this case . . . dismissed and closed”

because “I do wish to move or go forward with this case . . . after I have

exhausted all administrative procedures and remedies as I am currently in the

process right now,” dkt. #10 at 2. See also dkt. #11 at 1 (noting that he is still in

the process of exhausting administrative remedies).

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Based solely on his affidavit of poverty, plaintiff’s motion for leave to

proceed IFP, dkt. #6, is GRANTED. But plaintiff’s action must be DISMISSED

without prejudice to refiling after exhausting California’s prison administrative

process. See McKinney v. Carey, 311 F.3d 1198, 1199-1201 (9th Cir. 2002)

(action must be dismissed without prejudice unless prisoner exhausted available

administrative remedies before he filed suit, even if prisoner fully exhausts while

the suit is pending).

The clerk is instructed to enter judgment in accordance with this order and

close the file. 

SO ORDERED.

DATED: Jan. 7, 2016 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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