N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT EAR NEST C A SSELL W OODS, II, Plaintiff - Appe lla nt, v. TOM L. C AREY; e t a l., De fe nda

nts - Appe lle e s. No. 13-15248 D.C . No. 2:06-c v-01857-GEB EFB M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Ea ste rn Distric t of C a lifornia Garland E. B urre ll, Jr., Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d

M ay 13, 2014 ** B e fore : C LIFTON, B EA, a nd WATFORD, C irc uit Judge s. C a lifornia sta te prisone r Earne st C a sse l l W oods, II, a ppe a ls pro sefrom

the distric t c o urt’ s judgm e nt dismissing for fa ilure to e x ha ust his 42 U.S.C . § 1983 a c tion a lle ging re t a lia

tion a nd othe r c la i m s. W e have jurisdic t ion unde r 28 U.S.C . § 1291. W e re vie wde novo, Sapp v . K imbre ll , 623 F.3d 813, 821 (9th C ir. 2010),



# FIL ED MAY30 2014 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S . CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3. ** The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without oral a

rgum e nt. Se eFe d. R . App. P. 34(a)(2).and we a ffirm .

The distric t c ourt prope rly c onc lude d tha

t W oods fa ile d to e xha

ust his a dm inistra

tive re m e die s be c a

use W oods fa ile d to a le rt prison offic ia ls to thenature of the wrong unde rly ing his re ta lia t ion c la im s , e xha

ust his grieva

n c e s to thefina l le ve l of re vie w be fore filing his c o m pla int, or e sta

blish tha t he should bee xc use d from the e xha ustion re q u ire m e nt. Se e Rhode

s v . Robinson , 621 F.3d 1002, 1005- 07 (9th C ir. 2010) (pla intiff m ust e xha ust be fore filing thec om

pla int, not during c ourse of litiga

tion); N u n e z v . Dunc an , 591 F.3d 1217, 1224, 1226 (9th Cir. 2010) (whe re de fe nda

nt e sta b lishe s fa ilure to e xha

ust, burde n shifts to pla

intiff to prove that a dm inistra

tive re m e d ie s we re una

va ila ble to him

); Griffin v . Arpaio , 557 F.3d 1117, 1120 (9th C ir. 2009) (grie va nc e m ust inc lude fa c ts unde rly ing inm ate ’ s c la im a s to a le rt the prison to the nature of the wrong for whic h re dre ss is sought). The distric t c ourt did not a buse its disc re tion by

de ny i ng W oods’ s m otion for re c usa l be c a

u s e W oods fa ile d to e sta

blish tha t the m a gistra

te judge wa s bia se d, pre j udic e d, or his im

p a rtia lity c ould re a s ona

b ly be que stione d unde r 28 U.S.C . §§ 144 or 455. Se eJ

orge nse n v . C

assiday , 320 F.3d 906, 911 (9th C i r. 2003) (se tting forth sta

nda rd of re vie w ); Unite d State s v . Sibla , 624 F.2d 864, 867-69 (9th C ir. 1980) (se tting forth re quire m e nts to e sta blish bia s or pre

judic e towa

rds a pa rty for disqua lific ation unde r §§ 144 or 455). 1 3 - 1 5 2 4 8 2C ontra ry to W oods’ s c onte ntion, thedistric t c o urt prope rly followe d our m andate from

a prior a ppe a l, in whic h we va c ate d the dism issa l of W oods’ s se c ond am e nde d c o m

pla int to a llow thedistric t c ourt to de t e rm i ne whic h of W oods’ s c la im s wa s sta

te d with suffic ie nt spe c i fic ity and de ta il to proc e e d . Se eUnite d State s v . K e llington , 217 F.3d 1084, 1092 (9th C ir. 2000) (se tting forth sta nda rd of re vie w). On re m and, the distric t c ourt prope rly re -sc re e ne d W oods’ s se c ond am e nde d c o m

pla int a nd ide ntifie d the c la im s tha t we re suffic ie ntly

ple d . W oods’ s re ne we d re que st for a ppointm e nt of c ounse l, se t forth in his ope ning brie f, is de n i e d. Se ePalme r v . Valde z , 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th C i r. 2009). W e tre at W oods’ s “ obje c tions to de fe nda nts’ answe ring brie f,” file d on August 5, 2013, a s a

m otion to strike

portions of the

answe ring brie f, and de ny the m otion. W oods’ s m otion for judic i a l notic e of a pa rtia l, una uthe ntic ate d tra

nsc ript from public c om

m e nts during a

2002 se s sion of theC a lifornia B oa rd of Parole He arings is de nie d. Se eFe d. R . Evid. 201. AFFIRM E D.

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