Ingram

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 SIRVONTRE INGRAM, Case No. 22-cv-02457-WHO (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

v. DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

CARLOS G. BOLANOS, Dkt. No. 22 Defendant.

9 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Sirvontre Ingram alleges in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action that his jailor, the San Mateo County Sheriff, instituted a policy that prevented him from receiving any mail, thereby violating his First Amendment rights. Defendant Sheriff Bolanos moves for summary judgment on grounds that Ingram did not exhaust his administrative remedies and that there was no such policy. The motion is unopposed; Ingram filed no response to defendant’s motion. I will grant summary judgment: Ingram did not exhaust his administrative remedies regarding his claim that in April 2021 defendant instituted a policy preventing inmates from receiving any mail. And even if Ingram had exhausted his administrative remedies, he has not presented evidence that any such…