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*1 Case 1:06-cv-01356-LJO-DLB Document 5 Filed 05/01/07 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIE WEAVER, CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01356-LJO DLB-P

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST PRIOR TO FILING SUIT v.

CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FIRST WATCH, et al., (Doc. 1)

Defendants.

Plaintiff Willie Weaver (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on September 27, 2006, but has not paid the $350.00 filing fee. ^[1]

Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, “[n]o action shall be brought with 19

respect to prison conditions under [42 U.S.C. § 1983], or any other Federal law, by a prisoner 20

confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are 21

available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). The section 1997e(a) exhaustion requirement 22

applies to all prisoner suits relating to prison life. Porter v. Nussle, 435 U.S. 516, 532 (2002).

*2 Case 1:06-cv-01356-LJO-DLB Document 5 Filed 05/01/07 Page 2 of 2 Prisoners must complete the prison’s administrative process, regardless of the relief sought by the prisoner and regardless of the relief offered by the process, as long as the administrative process can provide some sort of relief on the complaint stated. Booth v. Churner, 532 U.S. 731, 741 (2001). Exhaustion must occur prior to filing suit. McKinney v. Carey, 311 F.3d 1198, 1199-1201 (9th Cir. 2002).

Plaintiff concedes in his complaint that exhaustion of his claim has not yet occurred. Because it is clear from the face of plaintiff’s complaint that he did not exhaust the available administrative remedies prior to filing suit, this action must be dismissed. 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a); Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1120 (9th Cir. 2003) (“A prisoner’s concession to nonexhaustion is a valid grounds for dismissal . . . .”).

Accordingly, this action is HEREBY ORDERED DISMISSED, without prejudice, based on plaintiff’s failure to comply with 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) by exhausting the available administrative remedies prior to filing suit.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 1, 2007 b9ed48 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

[1] Absent a showing of imminent danger of serious physical injury, plaintiff is ineligible to proceed in forma 25 pauperis in this action because he has had at least three previous actions dismissed for failure to state a claim, frivolousness, or maliciousness. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). The Court takes judicial notice of case numbers 1:06-CV- 26 00671-OW W -SMS-P W eaver v. California Correctional Institution Confinement SHU (dismissed July 17, 2006, for failure to state a claim and frivolousness); 1:06-CV-00775-OW W -LJO-P W eaver v. California Correctional 27 Institution - Third W atch Sergeant (dismissed July 17, 2006, for failure to state a claim and frivolousness); and 1:06- CV-00863-OW W -SMS-P W eaver v. California Correctional Institution Law Library (dismissed August 1, 2006, for 28 failure to state a claim and frivolousness). 1