Calvin Rouse v. Eldon Vail

MEMORANDUM

Washington state prisoner Calvin Rouse, aka Abdur Rashid Khalif, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations resulting from the prison’s use of the name he was convicted under instead of his legal and religious name. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for failure to exhaust, O’Guinn v. Lovelock Corr. Ctr., 502 F.3d 1056, 1059 (9th Cir.2007), and grant of summary judgment, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment as to appellant’s claims regarding the use of his legal name on his mail and ID badge because he failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the prison’s name policy was reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. See Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89-91 , 107 S.Ct. 2254 , 96 L.Ed.2d 64 (1987).

The district court properly dismissed appellant’s remaining claims without prejudice because he failed to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit. See Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 93-95 , 126 S.Ct. 2378 , 165 L.Ed.2d…