Haroun

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOE ALFRED TAYLOR, Case No. 1:21-cv-01109-DAD-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

v. SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE

AYUB HAROUN, et al., REMEDIES

Defendants. 21-DAY DEADLINE 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, alleges the defendants unlawfully terminated his participation in a prison religious diet program. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff attaches the administrative grievance he filed and the responses thereto to his complaint. (Id. at 10-19.) According to these documents, prison officials disapproved of Plaintiff’s grievance at the first level of review on September 30, 2020. (Id. at 17.) Plaintiff appealed the decision on November 6, 20201, which the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Office of Appeals rejected as untimely. (Id. at 15-19.) The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) provides that “[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison…