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VADEN v. SUMMERHILL

No. 05-15650.

449 F.3d 1047 (2006)

Ernest Lee VADEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. K. SUMMERHILL; R.L. Gower; St. Andre; Chapman; W.A. Duncan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, James M. Humes, Frances T. Grunder, James E. Flynn, Kelli M. Hammond, Office of the Attorney General of the State of California, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Ernest Lee Vaden, Susanville, CA, plaintiff-appellee, pro se.

Before PAMELA ANN RYMER, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.

Prisoners frequently file lawsuits in federal court regarding prison conditions. The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PLRA"), in 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), requires that a prisoner exhaust available administrative remedies before bringing these actions. In this case, a California state prisoner sent a complaint to the district court before he had exhausted his administrative remedies within the state prison system. He did, however, exhaust...

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