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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIE JENKINS, Case No. 1:25-cv-01125-CDB (PC)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE IN WRITING

13 v. WHY ACTION SHOULD NOT BE

DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST

14 RODRIGUEZ, et al., ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

15 Defendants. 21-DAY DEADLINE 16 17 Background 18 Plaintiff Willie Jenkins is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 19 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed his complaint with this Court on September 4, 2025. 20 (Doc. 1). 21 In his complaint, Plaintiff attests that there are administrative remedies at the institution in 22 which he is incarcerated but that he did not submit a request for administrative relief for his claims, 23 and did not appeal his requests for relief to the highest level. Plaintiff states that he did not do so 24 because “[t]hey kept denying it.” Id. at 2. 25 The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) provides that “[n]o action shall be brought with 26 respect to prison…