Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN RAY BRUMMETT, JR., Case No. 1:20-cv-00194-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST

ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

D. LOPEZ, 21-DAY DEADLINE Defendant. 16 Melvin Ray Brummett, Jr., initiated this action on February 6, 2020. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff alleges that Correctional Lieutenant D. Lopez has subjected him to retaliation for filing inmate grievances. (Id.) Plaintiff states that he filed a staff complaint against Defendant on January 19, 2020, and that he plans to file “another retaliation claim when the [s]taff [c]omplaint is exhausted.” (Id. at 9.) The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) provides that “[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under … any other Federal law … by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. §…