McKessen

Salvador Solis v. McKessen

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465 F. App'x 709
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 10, 201210-17083California502 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Salvador Solis, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging retaliation and excessive force. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1117 (9th Cir.2003) (failure to exhaust administrative remedies); Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 815 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam) (summary judgment). We may affirm on any ground supported by the record, Tahoe-Sierra Pres. Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Reg’l Planning Agency, 322 F.3d 1064, 1076-77 (9th Cir.2003), and we affirm.

To the extent that Solis claimed that McKessen retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights by slamming a cell door on his finger and calling him a “rat” or “snitch” in front of other inmates, the district court properly dismissed the retaliation claim because Solis failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See Morton v. Hall, 599 F.3d 942, 946 (9th Cir.2010) (discussing the level of factual specificity required in a grievance to establish exhaustion of an inmate’s administrative remedies).

To the extent that Solis exhausted claims raised in his amended…

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