Janis

MEMORANDUM **

Gust Marion Janis, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment in his action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 , 91 S.Ct. 1999 , 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004) (summary judgment), Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1117 (9th Cir.2003) (dismissal for failure to exhaust), and we affirm.

Contrary to Janis’s contentions, the exhaustion requirement in 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) applies to this action because it was filed in 2001, after § 1997e(a) was enacted. Cf. Bishop v. Lewis, 155 F.3d 1094, 1096 (9th Cir.1998) (holding that the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s exhaustion requirement does not apply to actions filed prior to its enactment).

The record belies Janis’s contention that defendants’ summary judgment motion was “not supported by any affidavits based on personal knowledge, exhibits, or other evidentiary materials.”

Janis’s remaining contentions regarding summary judgment, exhaustion of administrative remedies, and the statute of limitations are not persuasive because…