Case Name: James Edward BOWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T. SMITH, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-08-22
Citations: 584 F. App'x 663
Docket Number: No. 13-16530
Parties: James Edward BOWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T. SMITH, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 663–664

Head Matter:
James Edward BOWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T. SMITH, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 13-16530.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 13, 2014.
Filed Aug. 22, 2014.
James Edward Bowell, Susanville, CA, pro se.
Elliott Thomas Seals, AGCA-Offlce of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner James Edward Bowell appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing for failure to exhaust administrative remedies his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive force by a prison official. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162, 1171 (9th Cir.2014) (en banc). We affirm.
The district court properly concluded that Bowell failed to exhaust his administrative remedies because Bowell did not exhaust his grievance to the final level of review or demonstrate that administrative remedies were effectively unavailable to him. See Woodford, v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 85, 93-95, 126 S.Ct. 2378, 165 L.Ed.2d 368 (2006) (holding that "proper exhaustion" is mandatory and requires adherence to administrative procedural rales); Sapp v. Kimbrell, 623 F.3d 813, 823-24 (9th Cir.2010) (for administrative remedies to be effectively unavailable, "the inmate must establish (1) that he actually filed a grievance or grievances that, if pursued through all levels of administrative appeals, would have sufficed to exhaust the claim that he seeks to pursue in federal court, and (2) that prison officials screened his grievance or grievances for reasons inconsistent with or unsupported by applicable regulations").
Bowell's request for publication, filed on January 31, 2014, is denied.
Bowell's request for appellate counsel, set forth in his opening brief, is denied.
Appellee's motion to strike Bowell's "Supplemental Clarification" is granted.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.