N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT R AY LEE VAUGHN,

Pla i ntiff-Appe lla

nt, v. HOOD, C orre c t iona l Offic e r, High De se rt State Prison; ROLLANDS, C orre c tiona l Offic e r, High De se rt State Prison,

De fe nda nts-Appe lle e s. No. 15-17406 D.C . No. 2:14-c v-02235-M C EKJN 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 M o rrison C . Engla

nd, Jr., Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d

Nove m b e r 16, 2016 ** B e fore : LEAVY, B ER ZON, a nd M UR GUIA, C irc uit Judge s. C a lifornia sta te prisone r R ay

Le e Va ughn a ppe a l s pro se from

the distric t c ourt’ s judgm e nt dismi ssing for fa ilure to e xha ust a dm inistra

tive re m e d ie s his 42 U.S.C . § 1983 a c tion a

rising from

de fe nda nts’ a l le ge d fa ilure to prote c t him from 

# FIL ED N OV 22 2016 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 Ninth C irc uit R

ule 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).an a s sa

ult. W e have jurisdic tion under 28 U.S.C . § 1291. W e re vie w de novo. Albino v . Bac a , 747 F.3d 1162, 1171 (9th C ir. 2014) (e n ba nc ) (le g a l rulings on e xha ustion); K n ie v e l v . ESPN

, 393 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th C ir. 2005) (Fe d. R . C iv. P. 12(b)(6) m otion to dism

iss). W e a ffirm . The distric t c ourt prope rly dismisse d Va

ughn’ s a c tion for fa ilure to sta te a c la im be c a use it is c le ar from

the fa c e of the c om

pla int a nd its a tta c hm e nts tha

t Va ughn fa ile d to e xha

ust his a va ila ble a dm inistra

tive re m e die s by

fa i ling to a

ppe a l se pa rate ly the third-le ve l c anc e lla

tion de c ision. Se eW

oodford v . N

go , 548 U.S. 81, 90 (2006) (“ [P] rope r e xha ustion of adm i nistra

tive re m e die s . . . m e ans using all ste ps tha t the a g e nc y

holds out, a

nd doing so prope

rly (so tha t the a ge nc y

a ddre sse s the i ssue s on them e rits).” (e m pha sis, c ita

t ion, a nd inte rna l quota

tion m arks om i tte d)); Albino , 747 F.3d a t 1169 (“ [W ] he re a

fa ilure to e xha

ust is c le ar from

the fa c e of the c om

p la int, a de fe n da nt m ay suc c e ssfully

m ove to dismiss under R ule 12(b)(6) for fa ilure to sta

te a c la im .” ); se ealso N

at’l Ass’n for the

Adv anc e me nt of Psy c hoanaly

sis v . C al. Bd. of Psyc hology , 228 F.3d 1043, 1049 (9th C ir. 2000) (in de te rm i ning whe the r the c om pla int sta te s a c la im for re lie f, “ we m ay

c onside r fa c ts c onta ine d in doc um e nts a tta c he d to thec om

pla i nt” ). The distric t c ourt did not a buse its disc re tion by

de c lining to c onside r Va ughn’ s c onte ntion – raise d for the first tim e in his obje c t ions to the m a gistra te 1 5 - 1 7 4 0 6 2judge ’ s findings a nd re c om m e n dations – tha

t his fa ilure to e xha

ust should be e xc use d be c a

use a dm inistra

tive re m e die s we re e ffe c tive ly una va ila ble . Se eBrown v . Roe , 279 F.3d 742, 744 (9th C ir. 2002) (se tting forth sta n d ard of re vie w a

nd sta ting tha t distric t judgeha s disc re tion to de c ide whe the r to c onside r e vide nc e pre s e nte d for the first tim e in a pa rty ’ s obje c t ion to a

m a gistra te judge ’ s re c o m m e ndation). W e do not c onside r m atte rs not spe c ific a lly an d distinc tly

ra i se d a nd a rgue d in theope ning brie f, or a

rgum e nts a

n d a lle g ations ra ise d for the first tim e on a ppe a l. Se ePadge tt v . W

right , 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th C ir. 2009). W e do not c onside r doc um e nts not file d with the distric t c ourt. Se eUnite d State s v . Elias , 921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th C i r. 1990) (“ Doc um e nts or fa c ts not pre s e nte d to the distric t c ourt a re not pa rt of the re c ord on a

ppe a l.” ). AFFIRM E D.

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