Vasquez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY WILLIAM CORTINAS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00367-NONE-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER SETTING EVIDENTIARY

HEARING ON EXHAUSTION OF

v. ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

VASQUEZ, et al., Date: March 17, 2022 Time: 10:00 a.m. Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO CONDUCT

LIMITED DISCOVERY

17 (Doc. 69) 18 Defendants move for summary judgment on the grounds that Plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit. (Doc. 61.) The Court finds that material disputes of fact exist regarding whether administrative remedies were available to Plaintiff, see Ross v. Blake, 578 U.S. 632, 642-644 (2016), Andres v. Marshall, 867 F.3d 1076, 1078-79 (9th Cir. 2017), Rupe v. Beard, No. 2:08-cv-02454-EFS, 2013 WL 2458398, at *14-15 (E.D. Cal. 2013), and that an evidentiary hearing is necessary to resolve the disputes, see Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162, 1170- 71 (9th Cir.…