Case Name: Marlon BLACHER, aka Marlon Jessie Blacher, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ms. ANTONE, D Facility Librarian, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-02-23
Citations: 678 F. App'x 545
Docket Number: No. 15-56761
Parties: Marlon BLACHER, aka Marlon Jessie Blacher, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ms. ANTONE, D Facility Librarian, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 678
Pages: 545–546

Head Matter:
Marlon BLACHER, aka Marlon Jessie Blacher, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ms. ANTONE, D Facility Librarian, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 15-56761
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted February 14, 2017
Filed February 23, 2017
Marlon Blacher, Pro Se
Michelle Des Jardins, Attorney, Sylvie Snyder, Esquire, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, AGCA—Office of the Attorney General (San Diego), San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellee
Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, 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
Marlon Blacher, aka Marlon Jessie Blacher, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's sum mary judgment for failure to exhaust administrative remedies in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging denial of access to the courts. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162, 1171 (9th Cir. 2014), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Blacher failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether he exhausted his administrative remedies before filing his lawsuit or whether administrative remedies were "effectively unavailable." See Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 90, 126 S.Ct. 2378, 165 L.Ed.2d 368 (2006) (the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA") requires "proper exhaustion," which means "using all steps that the agency holds out, and doing so properly (so that the agency addresses the issues on the merits)" (emphasis, citation, and internal quotation marks omitted)); Sapp v. Kimbrell, 623 F.3d 813, 826 (9th Cir. 2010) (PLRA does not require exhaustion when remedies are "effectively unavailable").
We reject as meritless Blacher's contention that the district court failed to use Blacher's correct legal name.
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.