Case Name: Darin D. GREENE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-07-31
Citations: 608 F. App'x 549
Docket Number: No. 13-16859
Parties: Darin D. GREENE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: CANBY, BEA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 608
Pages: 549–550

Head Matter:
Darin D. GREENE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-16859.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 21, 2015.
Filed July 31, 2015.
Darin D. Greene, Represa, CA, pro se.
Kevin Allen Voth, Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: CANBY, BEA, and MURGUIA, 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
Darin D. Greene, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing for failure to exhaust administrative remedies his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging race-based lockdowns in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. 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), and we affirm.
The district court properly concluded that Greene failed to exhaust his administrative remedies because Greene did not exhaust his grievance through the final level of review and he did not show 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 rules); Sapp v. Kimbrell, 623 F.3d 813, 823-24, 826-27 (9th Cir.2010) (describing limited circumstances where improper screening renders administrative remedies unavailable or where exhaustion might otherwise be excused).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 988, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).
Appellee Salinas' motion to strike Exhibit J of Greene's opening brief, filed on February 18, 2014, is granted. The motion is otherwise denied.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.