Celis

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 MIGUEL A. CELIS, V74892, Case No. 19-cv-00920-CRB (PR)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. ON GROUNDS OF FAILURE TO

PROPERLY EXHAUST

R. RUIZ, et al., (ECF No. 22) Defendant(s).

Currently before the court for decision is defendants’ motion for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 on the grounds that plaintiff failed to properly exhaust available administrative remedies before filing suit, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted. STATEMENT OF THE CASE On February 2, 2019, plaintiff, a prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging deliberate indifference to his health and safety by several correctional and medical officials at SVSP. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges that on November 23, 2017, Correctional Officer R. Ruiz acted…