(PC) Aldakak v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation et al, No. 2:2016cv00082 - Document 4 (E.D. Cal. 2016)
Court Description: ORDER; FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 1/25/16 ORDERING that Plaintiffs request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 fo r this action. The Clerk of Court shall assign a district judge to this action. It is RECOMMENDED THAT this action be dismissed without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Randomly assigned and referred to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr.; Objections to F&R due within 14 days. (Dillon, M)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ALAA ALDAKAK, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:16-cv-0082 CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, et al., 16 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 17 18 I. Introduction 19 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 20 § 1983 and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This 21 proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 22 23 Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. 24 Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. §§ 25 1914(a), 1915(b)(1). By separate order, the court will direct the appropriate agency to collect the 26 initial partial filing fee from plaintiff’s trust account and forward it to the Clerk of the Court. 27 Thereafter, plaintiff will be obligated for monthly payments of twenty percent of the preceding 28 month’s income credited to plaintiff’s prison trust account. These payments will be forwarded by 1 1 the appropriate agency to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in plaintiff’s account 2 exceeds $10.00, until the filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). 3 II. Screening Standard 4 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a 5 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The 6 court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally 7 “frivolous or malicious,” that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seek 8 monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1),(2). Section 1997(e)(a) of Title 42 of the United States Code provides that “[n]o action shall be 9 10 brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title, . . . until such 11 administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997(e)(a) (also known as 12 the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”)). A prisoner must exhaust his administrative 13 remedies before he commences suit. McKinney v. Carey, 311 F.3d 1198, 1199–1201 (9th Cir. 14 2002). 15 Plaintiff alleges that, on December 11, 2015, a correctional officer did not give him his 16 mail. On the portion of the civil action form concerning exhaustion of remedies, plaintiff 17 indicates that there is a grievance procedure available at his institution, and he has filed a 18 grievance. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) He also indicates that the grievance process is not completed. (Id.) 19 Because plaintiff brought suit against the defendants on January 14, 2016, he is required 20 to have completed the inmate appeals process as to his claims by that date. See Vaden v. 21 Summerhill, 449 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2006) (under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), a prisoner “may 22 initiate litigation in federal court only after the administrative process ends and leaves his 23 grievances unredressed.”); see also Akhtar v. Mesa, 698 F.3d 1202, 1210 (9th Cir. 2012) (“a 24 prisoner does not comply with [the exhaustion] requirement by exhausting available remedies 25 during the course of the litigation.”) Unexhausted claims are subject to dismissal. 26 Thus the undersigned will recommend that this action be dismissed without prejudice to 27 refiling after plaintiff exhausts administrative remedies for his claim. 28 //// 2 1 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. Plaintiff’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 3 2. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. All fees 4 shall be collected and paid in accordance with this court’s order to the Director of the California 5 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation filed concurrently herewith. 6 3. The Clerk of Court shall assign a district judge to this action. 7 IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED THAT this action be dismissed without prejudice for 8 failure to exhaust administrative remedies. 9 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 10 assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days 11 after being served with these findings and recommendations, plaintiff may file written objections 12 with the court. Such a document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings 13 and Recommendations.” Plaintiff is advised that failure to file objections within the specified 14 time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 15 (9th Cir. 1991). 16 Dated: January 25, 2016 _____________________________________ CAROLYN K. DELANEY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 / alda0082.14.new 23 24 25 26 27 28 3
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