(PC) Washington v. Fresno County Sheriff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PERRY WASHINGTON, Case No. 1:19-cv-01069-NONE-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST

ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF, et al., 21-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 16 Perry Washington initiated this action on August 5, 2019, while incarcerated at Fresno County Jail. (See Doc. 1.) Plaintiff alleges that Fresno County sheriff’s deputies subjected him to sexual assault, failed to protect him from abuse, and denied him adequate medical care on July 24 and 25, 2019, less than two weeks before he filed suit. (See Doc. 19.) Thus, in its screening order, the Court informed Plaintiff that he “filed suit prematurely without first exhausting his administrative remedies” pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act. (Doc. 13 at 6.) The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) provides that “[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under ……