Warren Frank, Jr. v. E. Shinnette

Ninth Circuit

Warren Frank, Jr. v. E. Shinnette

694 F. App'x 512

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

DecidedJuly 18, 2017

Docket16-16728

StatusUnpublished

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California state prisoner Warren Frank, Jr. appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing for failure to exhaust administrative remedies his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive force. 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) (legal rulings of exhaustion); Thompson v. Paul, 547 F.3d 1055, 1058-59.(9th Cir. 2008) (dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)). We reverse and remand.

The district court dismissed Frank’s action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), finding that Frank filed the complaint before he resubmitted his third level appeal. However, the district court did not expressly consider Frank’s allegation that he submitted the required medical report with his third level appeal and that the third level appeal was improperly rejected. See Ross v. Blake, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 1850, 1856, 1860, 195 L.Ed.2d 117 (2016) (explaining that proper administrative exhaustion under the PLRA is mandatory, but may not be required when “prison administrators thwart inmates from taking advantage of a grievance process through machination, misrepresentation, or intimidation”); Nat’l *513 Ass’n for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis v. Cal. Bd. of Psychology, 228 F.3d 1043, 1049 (9th Cir. 2000) (in determining whether the complaint states a claim for relief, “we may consider facts contained in documents attached to the complaint”). We reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings.

We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal, See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). We do not consider documents and facts not presented to the district court. See United States v. Elias, 921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th Cir. 1990) (“Documents or facts not presented to the district court are not part of the record on appeal.”).

REVERSED and REMANDED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Warren Frank, Jr. appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing for failure to exhaust administrative remedies his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive force. 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) (legal rulings of exhaustion); Thompson v. Paul, 547 F.3d 1055, 1058-59.(9th Cir. 2008) (dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)). We reverse and remand.

The district court dismissed Frank’s action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), finding that Frank filed the complaint before he resubmitted his third level appeal. However, the district court did not expressly consider Frank’s allegation that he submitted the required medical report with his third level appeal and that the third level appeal was improperly rejected. See Ross v. Blake, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 1850, 1856, 1860, 195 L.Ed.2d 117 (2016) (explaining that proper administrative exhaustion under the PLRA is mandatory, but may not be required when “prison administrators thwart inmates from taking advantage of a grievance process through machination, misrepresentation, or intimidation”); Nat’l *513 Ass’n for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis v. Cal. Bd. of Psychology, 228 F.3d 1043, 1049 (9th Cir. 2000) (in determining whether the complaint states a claim for relief, “we may consider facts contained in documents attached to the complaint”). We reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings.

We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal, See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). We do not consider documents and facts not presented to the district court. See United States v. Elias, 921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th Cir. 1990) (“Documents or facts not presented to the district court are not part of the record on appeal.”).

REVERSED and REMANDED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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