Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA D. BLAND, No. 1:20-cv-00895-NONE-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

v. RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

ACTION FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST

RALPH DIAZ, et al., ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

Defendants. (Doc. No. 17)

16 Plaintiff Joshua D. Bland is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action under 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 October 28, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge found that it is clear on the face of his complaint that plaintiff had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing this suit as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”). (Doc. No. 15.) The magistrate judge noted that plaintiff, in his complaint, acknowledged that he failed to pursue an administrative grievance regarding the incident underlying this lawsuit to…