Legal Opinion

Rathbun v. Johnson

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 9, 2002No. 01-17382; D.C. No. CV-00-06713-OWWPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Charles Rathbun, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Wyatt v. Terhune, 305 F.3d 1033, 1042 (9th Cir.2002). We vacate and remand.

Our intervening decision in Wyatt dictates that we vacate and remand because it is not clear on the face of the amended complaint and exhibits thereto that Rathbun failed to exhaust. See id. at 1044 (holding that failure to exhaust is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wyatt v. TerhuneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. (PC) Tran v. YoungDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2021

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