Eaton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GABRIEL CHARLES SANCHEZ, Case No. 1:21-cv-00736-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

v. FAILURE TO EXHAUST

PATRICK EATON, et al., 21-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 16 Gabriel Charles Sanchez alleges the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his health by exposing him to COVID-19. (Doc. 1.) In his complaint, Plaintiff indicates that he has not filed an administrative grievance regarding his claims. (Id. at 3, 4.) The Prison Litigation Reform Act 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. § 1997e(a). Exhaustion of administrative remedies is mandatory and “unexhausted claims cannot be brought in court.” Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 211 (citation…