Legal Opinion
Juan Albino v. Lee Baca
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 21, 2012No. 10-55702PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge N.R. SMITH; Dissent by Judge GILMAN.
OPINION
N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
An inmate’s lack of awareness of a correctional institution’s grievance procedure does not make the administrative remedy “unavailable” for purposes of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), unless the inmate meets his or her burden of proving the grievance procedure to be unknowable. See Hilao v. Estate of Marcos, 103 F.3d 767, 778 n. 5 (9th Cir.1996); Goebert v. Lee Cnty., 510 F.3d 1312, 1322-24 (11th Cir.2007). Because Albino has not met his burden of *1027proof, we affirm the…
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3Cited by30 opinions
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