Williams v. Arnold et al
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ORDER, FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 2/3/2017 ORDERING the Clerk to assign a district judge to this case. IT IS RECOMMENDED that defendants' 24 motion for summary judgment be granted and this case be dismissed without prejudice. Assigned and referred to Judge John A. Mendez; Objections to F&R due within 14 days. (Yin, K)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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LANCE WILLIAMS,
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Plaintiff,
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No. 2:15-cv-0782 DB P
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ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
ERIC ARNOLD, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights
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action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges a violation of his Eighth Amendment rights when
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a mechanical door was closed on him. Before the court is defendants’ motion for summary
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judgment based on plaintiff’s failure to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing suit. For
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the reasons set forth below, the court recommends defendants’ motion be granted and this case be
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dismissed without prejudice.
BACKGROUND
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I.
Allegations of the Complaint
This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s first amended complaint filed here on October 28,
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2015. (ECF No. 14.) Plaintiff alleges that on the afternoon of March 6, 2015 defendant Romero
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was the officer in the control booth for the sliding door at the front entrance of building 1 at
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California State Prison – Solano (“CSP-Solano”). Plaintiff states that he and three other inmates
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were waiting for the door to open. Defendant Romero opened the door just far enough for each
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inmate to squeeze through. When plaintiff attempted to get through the door, Romero closed the
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door, trapping plaintiff between the sliding door and the door frame. After about 7 to 10 seconds,
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plaintiff was able to wiggle free. Plaintiff was in pain and yelled to Romero that he needed
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medical help. Romero refused and threatened to send plaintiff to the “hole.” (First Am. Compl.
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(ECF No. 14 at 1, 3-4).)
Plaintiff stated he was in severe pain but feared contacting medical staff due to Romero’s
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threat. He returned to his cell. Later, defendant La replaced Romero and continued to refuse
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plaintiff medical care. That evening, defendant Abarra returned to the building and plaintiff told
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him about the incident and his pain. Abarra initially refused to contact medical staff. Eventually,
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Abarra contacted a nurse who told him that plaintiff could not be seen at that time because his
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injuries were not “life threatening.” She advised plaintiff to fill out a medical request form. (Id.
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at 4-6.)
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Plaintiff seeks declaratory relief and compensatory and punitive damages.
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II.
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Plaintiff’ original complaint, signed April 8, 2015, was filed here on April 10, 2015. On
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October 28, 2015, plaintiff filed his first amended complaint. On screening, the court found
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plaintiff’s first amended complaint appeared to state cognizable claims against defendant Romero
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for excessive use of force in violation of the Eighth Amendment and against defendants Romero,
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Abarra, and La for deliberate indifference to his medical needs in violation of the Eighth
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Amendment. (Apr. 12, 2016 Order (ECF No. 16).)
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Procedural Background
Defendants answered the complaint on July 18, 2016. (ECF No. 20.) On July 29, 2016,
defendants filed the present motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 24.)
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MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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Defendants contend that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. Plaintiff
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responds that the appeal process was made unavailable to him and therefore exhaustion should be
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excused.
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I.
Legal Standards
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A. Summary Judgment Standards under Rule 56
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Summary judgment is appropriate when the moving party “shows that there is no genuine
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dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R.
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Civ. P. 56(a). Under summary judgment practice, the moving party “initially bears the burden of
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proving the absence of a genuine issue of material fact.” In re Oracle Corp. Sec. Litigation, 627
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F.3d 376, 387 (9th Cir. 2010) (citing Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323 (1986)). The
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moving party may accomplish this by “citing to particular parts of materials in the record,
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including depositions, documents, electronically stored information, affidavits or declarations,
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stipulations (including those made for purposes of the motion only), admissions, interrogatory
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answers, or other materials” or by showing that such materials “do not establish the absence or
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presence of a genuine dispute, or that an adverse party cannot produce admissible evidence to
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support the fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1)(A), (B).
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When the non-moving party bears the burden of proof at trial, “the moving party need
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only prove that there is an absence of evidence to support the nonmoving party’s case.” Oracle
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Corp., 627 F.3d at 387 (citing Celotex, 477 U.S. at 325.). See also Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1)(B).
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Indeed, summary judgment should be entered, after adequate time for discovery and upon motion,
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against a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element
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essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial. See
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Celotex, 477 U.S. at 322. “[A] complete failure of proof concerning an essential element of the
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nonmoving party’s case necessarily renders all other facts immaterial.” Id. In such a
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circumstance, summary judgment should be granted, “so long as whatever is before the district
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court demonstrates that the standard for entry of summary judgment . . . is satisfied.” Id. at 323.
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If the moving party meets its initial responsibility, the burden then shifts to the opposing
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party to establish that a genuine issue as to any material fact actually does exist. See Matsushita
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Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 586 (1986). In attempting to establish the
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existence of this factual dispute, the opposing party typically may not rely upon the allegations or
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denials of its pleadings but is required to tender evidence of specific facts in the form of
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affidavits, and/or admissible discovery material, in support of its contention that the dispute
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exists. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1); Matsushita, 475 U.S. at 586 n.11. The opposing party must
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demonstrate that the fact in contention is material, i.e., a fact that might affect the outcome of the
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suit under the governing law, see Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986);
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T.W. Elec. Serv., Inc. v. Pacific Elec. Contractors Ass'n, 809 F.2d 626, 630 (9th Cir. 1987), and
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that the dispute is genuine, i.e., the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict
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for the nonmoving party, see Wool v. Tandem Computers, Inc., 818 F.2d 1433, 1436 (9th Cir.
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1987).
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In the endeavor to establish the existence of a factual dispute, the opposing party need not
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establish a material issue of fact conclusively in its favor. It is sufficient that “the claimed factual
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dispute be shown to require a jury or judge to resolve the parties’ differing versions of the truth at
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trial.” T.W. Elec. Serv., 809 F.2d at 631. Thus, the “purpose of summary judgment is to ‘pierce
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the pleadings and to assess the proof in order to see whether there is a genuine need for trial.’”
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Matsushita, 475 U.S. at 587 (citations omitted).
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“In evaluating the evidence to determine whether there is a genuine issue of fact,” the
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court draws “all reasonable inferences supported by the evidence in favor of the non-moving
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party.” Walls v. Central Contra Costa Transit Auth., 653 F.3d 963, 966 (9th Cir. 2011). It is the
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opposing party's obligation to produce a factual predicate from which the inference may be
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drawn. See Richards v. Nielsen Freight Lines, 602 F. Supp. 1224, 1244-45 (E.D. Cal. 1985),
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aff'd, 810 F.2d 898, 902 (9th Cir. 1987). Finally, to demonstrate a genuine issue, the opposing
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party “must do more than simply show that there is some metaphysical doubt as to the material
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facts. . . . Where the record taken as a whole could not lead a rational trier of fact to find for the
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nonmoving party, there is no ‘genuine issue for trial.’” Matsushita, 475 U.S. at 587 (citation
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omitted).
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B. Exhaustion Standards
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The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) mandates that “[n]o action shall be
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brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 . . . or any other Federal law, by a
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prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative
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remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Compliance with deadlines and
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other critical prison grievance rules is required to exhaust. Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 90
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(2006) (exhaustion of administrative remedies requires “using all steps that the agency holds out,
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and doing so properly”). “[T]o properly exhaust administrative remedies prisoners ‘must
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complete the administrative review process in accordance with the applicable procedural rules,’—
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rules that are defined not by the PLRA, but by the prison grievance process itself.” Jones v.
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Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 218 (2007) (quoting Woodford, 548 U.S. at 88); see also Marella v. Terhune,
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568 F.3d 1024, 1027 (9th Cir. 2009) (“The California prison system's requirements ‘define the
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boundaries of proper exhaustion.’”) (quoting Jones, 549 U.S. at 218).
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Although “the PLRA's exhaustion requirement applies to all inmate suits about prison
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life,” Porter v. Nussle, 534 U.S. 516, 532 (2002), the requirement for exhaustion under the PLRA
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is not absolute, Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162, 1172-72 (9th Cir. 2014) (en banc). As explicitly
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stated in the statute, “[t]he PLRA requires that an inmate exhaust only those administrative
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remedies ‘as are available.’” Sapp v. Kimbrell, 623 F.3d 813, 822 (9th Cir. 2010) (quoting 42
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U.S.C. § 1997e(a)) (administrative remedies plainly unavailable if grievance was screened out for
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improper reasons); see also Nunez v. Duncan, 591 F.3d 1217, 1224 (9th Cir. 2010) (“Remedies
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that rational inmates cannot be expected to use are not capable of accomplishing their purposes
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and so are not available.”). “We have recognized that the PLRA therefore does not require
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exhaustion when circumstances render administrative remedies ‘effectively unavailable.’” Sapp,
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623 F.3d at 822 (citing Nunez, 591 F.3d at 1226); accord Brown v. Valoff, 422 F.3d 926, 935
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(9th Cir. 2005) (“The obligation to exhaust ‘available’ remedies persists as long as some remedy
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remains ‘available.’ Once that is no longer the case, then there are no ‘remedies . . . available,’
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and the prisoner need not further pursue the grievance.”).
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Dismissal of a prisoner civil rights action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies
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must generally be brought and decided pursuant to a motion for summary judgment under Rule
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56, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Albino, 747 F.3d at 1168. Defendants bear the burden of
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proving that there was an available administrative remedy that the prisoner did not exhaust. Id. at
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1172. If defendants meet this burden, then the burden shifts to plaintiff to “come forward with
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evidence showing that there is something in his particular case that made the existing and
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generally available administrative remedies effectively unavailable to him.” Id. In adjudicating
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summary judgment on the issue of exhaustion, the court must view all the facts in the record in
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the light most favorable to plaintiff. Id. at 1173.
C. California’s Inmate Appeal Process
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In California, prisoners may appeal “any policy, decision, action, condition, or omission by
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the department or its staff that the inmate or parolee can demonstrate as having a material adverse
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effect upon his or her health, safety, or welfare.” Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, § 3084.1(a). Inmates in
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California proceed through three levels of appeal to exhaust the appeal process: (1) formal written
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appeal on a CDC 602 inmate appeal form; (2) second level appeal to the institution head or
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designee; and (3) third level appeal to the Director of the California Department of Corrections
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and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”). Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, § 3084.7. Under specific circumstances,
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the first level review may be bypassed. Id. The third level of review constitutes the decision of
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the Secretary of the CDCR and exhausts a prisoner's administrative remedies. See id.
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§3084.7(d)(3).
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Since 2008, medical appeals have been processed at the third level by the Office of Third
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Level Appeals for the California Correctional Health Care Services. A California prisoner is
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required to submit an inmate appeal at the appropriate level and proceed to the highest level of
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review available to him. Butler v. Adams, 397 F.3d 1181, 1183 (9th Cir. 2005); Bennett v. King,
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293 F.3d 1096, 1098 (9th Cir. 2002). In submitting a grievance, an inmate is required to “list all
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staff members involved and shall describe their involvement in the issue.” Cal. Code Regs. tit.
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15, § 3084.2(3). Further, the inmate must “state all facts known and available to him/her
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regarding the issue being appealed at the time,” and he or she must “describe the specific issue
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under appeal and the relief requested.” Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, §§ 3084.2(a)(4). An inmate has
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thirty calendar days to submit his or her appeal from the occurrence of the event or decision being
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appealed, or “upon first having knowledge of the action or decision being appealed.” Cal. Code
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Regs. tit. 15, § 3084.8(b).
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II.
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Defendants filed a Statement of Undisputed Facts (“DSUF”) as required by Local Rule
Material Facts
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260(a). (ECF No. 24-3.) Plaintiff’s filing in opposition to defendants’ motion for summary
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judgment fails to technically comply with Local Rule 260(b). Rule 260(b) requires that a party
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opposing a motion for summary judgment “shall reproduce the itemized facts in the Statement of
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Undisputed Facts and admit those facts that are undisputed and deny those that are disputed,
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including with each denial a citation to the particular portions of any pleading, affidavit,
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deposition, interrogatory answer, admission, or other document relied upon in support of that
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denial.”
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Plaintiff filed a “Statement ‘DISPUTING’ defendants statement of undisputed facts.” (“Pl.’s
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Stmt.” (ECF No. 31 at 1-2).) Plaintiff also filed an “Opposition Rebuttal to defendants motion for
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summary judgment and plaintiff’s disputed facts.” (“Pl.’s Oppo.” (ECF No. 31 at 3-8).)
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Therein, plaintiff does not reproduce the itemized facts from the DSUF. However, plaintiff does
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list the items from the DSUF by number and state whether or not he disputes them.
Plaintiff disputes almost all of defendants' DSUF. In light of plaintiff’s pro se status, the court
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has reviewed plaintiff’s filings in an effort to discern whether any of these disputes involve
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genuine issues. A review of plaintiff’s filings and of the evidence provided by the parties, reveals
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the following material facts which are not subject to genuine dispute.
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A. Parties
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At all relevant times, plaintiff was incarcerated at CSP-Solano and defendants Romero,
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Abarra, and La were correctional officers at CSP-Solano.1 (ECF No. 14 at 2-3.)
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B. Inmate Appeal #CSP-S-15-00687
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On March 29, 2015, plaintiff submitted a 602 Inmate/Parolee Appeal #CSP-S-15-00687. A
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stamp on the form shows it was received by the appeals office on April 6, 2015. Plaintiff
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Plaintiff states that he was transferred to the California Medical Facility on July 1, 2015.
However, that fact is not relevant to the issue here – whether plaintiff exhausted his
administrative remedies prior to filing this suit in April 2015.
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described the subject of that appeal as “Formal Reprimand of Off. Zueniga and Medical Care.2”
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In his appeal, plaintiff described the March 6, 2015 incident when the door closed on him.
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Plaintiff requested a formal reprimand of Officer Zueniga and to be “seen by a doctor
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immediately to obtain adequate medical care for my injury.” (Ex. A to July 22, 2016 Decl. of V.
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Estrella (“Estrella Decl.”) (ECF No. 24-4 at 5-7.)
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C. CDCR Form 22
Plaintiff’s Request.
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Attached to plaintiff’s 602 appeal form was a CDCR Form 22 entitled “Inmate/Parolee
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Request for Interview, Item or Service.” The form is dated March 7, 2015 and was addressed to
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C.O. Abarra. At the top of the form, was written “Urgent Matter.” In the box labelled “topic,”
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plaintiff states “refusal of medical care.” In the section entitled, “Clearly State the Service or
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Item Requested or Reason for Interview,” plaintiff wrote, “On 3/6/15 I was smashed by front door
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of building #1 coming in from legal mail by control booth Officer Zueniga it was 3:30 pm I was
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refused medical care by C.O. [illegible] and control booth C.O. [illegible] around 6:30 pm
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[illegible] were officially back in the building, C.O. Abarra says he saw incident.” (Ex. 1 to Pl.’s
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Oppo. (ECF No. 31 at 10.3)
Abarra’s Response
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The “Staff Response” section of the form is signed by Abarra and dated March 7, 2015.
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Unfortunately, the response is mostly illegible. It begins with the statement, “Inmate Williams
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was not smashed by the front door like he said he was as I saw [illegible] everything happen. . . .”
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(Id.)
Plaintiff’s Request for Supervisor Review
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On March 9, 2015, plaintiff filled out the portion of the form seeking a supervisor’s
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review of Abarra’s response. He stated that Abarra “claims I got smashed-in-door in different
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Plaintiff contends that he later learned the officer in the control booth was defendant Romero,
not Officer Zueniga.
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Defendants also provided a copy of this document. However, that copy is very faint so the court
reviews the copy provided by plaintiff. As far as the court can tell, the copies provided by the
parties are identical.
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manner.” “However, Abarra did, in fact, call for medical care for me after I got caught in front-
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door and my request was denied. I still need physical therapy, pain medication, etc. because that
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incident has aggravated my preexisting injury. Please, respond promptly.” (Id.)
Supervisor’s Review
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This section is blank. (Id.)
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D. Screening Level Response to Appeal #CSP-S-15-00687 and CDCR Form 22
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In a document dated April 8, 2015 and entitled “Screening at the FIRST Level,” plaintiff was
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informed that his appeal was rejected pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 15, §
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3084.6(b)(7), because the appeal was “missing necessary supporting documents.” Specifically,
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plaintiff was advised that his appeal did not include a staff complaint form as required. He was
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informed that he should complete CDC4 Form 1858 to file a staff complaint and resubmit. IT was
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then noted that plaintiff’s CDC Form 22 stated that he was requesting medical care. Plaintiff was
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advised “to file a 602HC and submit it to the medical appeals office regarding any medical
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condition or care.” (Ex. B to Estrella Decl. (ECF No. 24-4 at 11).)
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E. Inmate Appeal #CSP-S-15-00827
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It appears that plaintiff resubmitted the same appeal form. According to plaintiff, he did so on
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April 8, 2015. (Pl.’s Stmt. (ECF No. 31 at 1).) The form shows the old appeal number - #CSP-S-
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15-00687 – crossed out and above it is written “15-00827.” The form does not show a new date
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for submission by plaintiff. However, a new stamp from the appeals office shows that it was
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received there on April 22, 2015. Attached to plaintiff’s resubmitted appeal is form CDCR 1858
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entitled “Rights and Responsibility Statement.” The document states that “anyone wishing to file
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an allegation of misconduct by a departmental peace officer must read, sign and submit the
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following statement.” Plaintiff signed this document on April 8, 2015. (ECF No. 31 at 12-14.)
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Screening Level Response to Appeal #CSPS-S-15-00827
In a May 7, 2015 memorandum from V. Estrella, an Appeals Coordinator at CSP-Solano,
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) was formerly known as
the California Department of Corrections (“CDC”). The abbreviations are both used herein
because some documents and forms still had the “CDC” designation in 2015.
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to “All Concerned,” Estrella states that the Hiring Authority reviewed CDCR FORM 602 Log #
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CSP-S-15-00827 filed by Inmate Williams which was initially received in the appeals office at
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SOL on April 22, 2015.” Estrella then stated that the “Hiring Authority determined that this
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appeal should be processed as a routine appeal.” (ECF No. 31 at 17.)
In a document dated May 7, 2015 and titled “Screening at the FIRST Level,” plaintiff was
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advised that the action he requested should be addressed by the medical department. (ECF No.
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31 at 18.)
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Plaintiff also attaches to his opposition copies of appeals he filed on November 30, 2015
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Analysis
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In order to exhaust his administrative remedies, plaintiff must have appealed his grievance to
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the third level of review and received a response. See Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, § 3084.7.
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Defendants have carried their burden of showing plaintiff failed to do so before he filed the
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present action on April 10, 2015. The burden thus shifts to plaintiff to “come forward with
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evidence showing that there is something in his particular case that made the existing and
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generally available administrative remedies effectively unavailable to him.” Albino v. Baca, 747
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F.3d 1162, 1172 (9th Cir. 2014) (en banc).
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Plaintiff argues that he did not have administrative appeal remedies available to him because
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he was “directed to file a 602 health care appeal instead of a regular staff complaint 602.” (Pl.’s
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Stmt. (ECF No. 31 at 2).) However, that is not what he was instructed. The form told plaintiff
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that he should complete CDC Form 1858 to file a staff complaint and form 602HC to file a
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medical appeal. (Ex. B to Estrella Decl. (ECF No. 24-4 at 11).)
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Plaintiff also argues that the response to his appeal was improper. According to plaintiff, he
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was not required to file a CDC Form 1858 in order to make a staff complaint. The CDC Form
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1858 is entitled “Rights and Responsibilities Statement.” (ECF No. 31 at 14.) Pursuant to Cal.
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Code Regs. tit. 15, § 3084.9(i), an inmate who files a staff complaint alleging misconduct by an
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officer must include a “Rights and Responsibilities Statement.” Furthermore, plaintiff did just
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that. He resubmitted his 602 appeal, apparently on the day his first 602 appeal was rejected, with
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a CDCR 1858 form. On its face, the CDCR 1858 form is clear that it is required in order for a
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staff complaint to be made.
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Whether or not plaintiff filed forms and appeals after April 10, 2015, the date he filed the
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present case, is not relevant to his failure to exhaust, which must occur before he files a case in
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federal court. See Vaden v. Summerhill, 449 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2006) (a prisoner “may
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initiate litigation in federal court only after the administrative process ends”); McKinney v.
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Carey, 311 F.3d 1198, 1199 (9th Cir. 2002) (prisoner must exhaust available remedies before he
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files his complaint; he may not do so during the course of the litigation). Plaintiff has failed to
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establish any grounds for his assertion that the administrative appeals process was unavailable to
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him at the time he filed this action. Therefore, this court finds summary judgment appropriate for
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defendants. However, plaintiff is advised that this court also recommends dismissal of this action
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without prejudice to plaintiff’s right to bring a new action on these same facts when, and if, he
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has exhausted his administrative remedies.
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CONCLUSION
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All parties to this action have not consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge.
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Therefore, the Clerk of the Court IS HEREBY ORDERED to assign a district judge to this case.
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Because defendants have established that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative
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remedies prior to filing this action, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that defendants’ July 29,
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2016 Motion for Summary Judgment be granted and this case be dismissed without prejudice.
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See Vaden, 449 F.3d at 1051.
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These findings and recommendations will be submitted to the United States District Judge
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assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days
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after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written
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objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. The document should be captioned
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“Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations.” Any response to the
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objections shall be filed and served within seven days after service of the objections. The parties
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are advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may result in waiver of the
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right to appeal the district court’s order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991).
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