Taylor

Taylor v. Melching

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60 F. App'x 680
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 19, 2003No. 02-16769; D.C. No. CV-99-04190-MMCCalifornia226 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Alonzo Lee Taylor, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his complaint without prejudice and its order denying reconsideration. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . After de novo review, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000), we reverse and remand.

The district court incorrectly found that it was clear from the face of Taylor’s Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) that he had not fully exhausted his administrative remedies. Both the SAC and the exhibits Taylor submitted to the district court show that Taylor alleged that he exhausted to the extent possible on each issue that forms the factual basis for the claims in the SAC. Therefore, the district court’s dismissal of the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A was in error. See Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1120 (9th Cir.2003) (requiring district court to further examine factual record in light of defendants’ burden to raise and prove the absence of exhaustion).

Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the district court to allow the action to proceed unless the district court finds other reasons for dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…

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