(PC)Broadnax

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 COTTRELL L. BROADNAX, Case No. 1:20-cv-00043-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DISMISS ACTION FOR FAILURE TO

v. EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 14-DAY DEADLINE

Defendants. Clerk of the Court to Assign District Judge 16 Plaintiff Cottrell L. Broadnax, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, initiated this civil rights action on October 31, 2019. In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges that prison officials falsely charged him with battery on a peace officer and failed to provide him medical services. (See Doc. 19 at 3.) Plaintiff explicitly states that he “bypass[ed]” the inmate appeals process and did not present his claims for administrative review prior to filing suit. (Id. at 1, 2.) Accordingly, on May 5, 2020, the Court issued an order to show cause why this action should not be dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. (Doc. 34.) The Court 24 …