Ralph Hawthorne, Jr. v. Kathy Mendoza-Power

MEMORANDUM

Ralph Kelly Hawthorne, Jr., a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1117 (9th Cir.2003), and we vacate and remand.

The district court found that Hawthorne failed to file any administrative grievances after the date of the events alleged in his complaint. However, Hawthorne had already fully exhausted administrative remedies for a grievance complaining of access to the prison law library and related problems. We recently decided in Harvey v. Jordan, 605 F.3d 681 (9th Cir.\2010), that “it [is not] the prisoner’s responsibility to ensure that prison officials actually provide the relief that they have promised.” Id. at 685 (citing Abney v. McGinnis, 380 F.3d 663, 669 (2d Cir.2004) (“A prisoner who has not received promised relief is not required to file a new grievance where doing so may result in a never-ending cycle of exhaustion.”)). Accordingly, we vacate the district court’s judgment…