Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., Case No. 1:21-cv-00787-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

v. SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE

R. DIAZ, et al., REMEDIES

Defendants. 21-DAY DEADLINE 16 Plaintiff Christopher Lipsey, Jr., is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action. Plaintiff alleges the water provided to him at Kern Valley State Prison is contaminated. (Doc. 1.) In his complaint, Plaintiff indicates that he has filed an administrative grievance regarding his claims, but that he has not yet received a decision from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Office of Appeals. (See id. at 3, 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…