(PC) Washington v. Fresno County Sheriff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PERRY WASHINGTON, No. 1:19-cv-01069-DAD-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION TO REOPEN CASE AND

FOR MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF, et al., (Doc. No. 31) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Perry Washington is detained in county jail and appearing pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On March 27, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued an order to show cause why this action should not be dismissed due to plaintiff’s failure to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing suit. (Doc. No. 22.) The magistrate judge noted that plaintiff’s claims stem from events that allegedly occurred less than two weeks before he initiated this civil rights action. (Id. at 1.) Plaintiff filed a response to the order to show cause on April 17, 2020. …