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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LONZO SHEPPARD, Case No. 1:24-cv-0078-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO SHOW

CAUSE WHY ACTION SHOULD NOT BE

13 v. DISMISSED, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, FOR

FAILURE TO EXHAUST PRIOR TO FILING

14 BRYAN PHILLIPS, SUIT 15 Defendant. (ECF No. 1) 16 TWENTY-ONE (21) DAY DEADLINE 17 18 Plaintiff Lonzo Sheppard (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 19 pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”), “[n]o action shall be 21 brought with respect to prison conditions under [42 U.S.C. § 1983], or any other Federal law, by a 22 prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative 23 remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Prisoners are required to exhaust 24 the available administrative remedies prior to filing suit. Jones…