Court Opinion

ID: 808817
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Date Created: 2012-09-19 19:57:18+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:00:32.198908
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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            SEP 19 2012

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHN R. BAKER,                                   No. 11-15807

               Plaintiff - Appellant,            D.C. No. 4:07-cv-00576-FRZ

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
YOLANDA MARTINEZ, Deputy Warden
at Santa Rita unit; et al.,

               Defendants - Appellees.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Arizona
                     Frank R. Zapata, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted September 10, 2012 **

Before:        WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

       Arizona state prisoner John R. Baker appeals pro se from the district court’s

judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional

violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
dismissal for failure to exhaust, Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1117 (9th Cir.

2003), and for an abuse of discretion a dismissal for failure to serve the summons

and complaint in a timely manner, Oyama v. Sheehan (In re Sheehan), 253 F.3d

507, 512-13 (9th Cir. 2001). We affirm.

      The district court properly dismissed without prejudice the claims against

defendants Martinez and Quiroz because Baker failed to exhaust administrative

remedies prior to filing suit. See Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 85, 93-95 (2006)

(holding that “proper exhaustion” is mandatory and requires adherence to

administrative procedural rules).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing without prejudice

the claims against defendants Sanchez and Verdugo because Baker failed to effect

timely service or establish good cause for not having done so. See Fed. R. Civ. P.

4(m) (requiring service within 120 days after the complaint is filed); In re Sheehan,

253 F.3d at 512-13 (discussing good cause standard).

      Baker’s contentions that the district court judge was biased are unpersuasive.

      AFFIRMED.

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