Gilbert Ray Francis v. Joseph Marquez, Executive Officer, California Correctional Institution

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by a prison inmate from the district court’s dismissal of his purported section 1983 action because of his alleged failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Because we believe that the district court failed to comply with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a)(l) regarding exhaustion of administrative remedies in section 1983 actions, we reverse the dismissal.

Gilbert Ray Francis, an inmate at the men’s correctional facility at Tehachapi, California, brought an action against the warden of that facility alleging violations of due process rights.…