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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:22-cv-00095-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

v. FAILURE TO EXHAUST

A. NOCHA, et al., 21-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Lance Williams is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his complaint, Plaintiff admits that he has failed to file an administrative grievance regarding his claims. (Doc. 1 at 3, 4.) 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 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 25 …