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James KELLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karen GEDNEY; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
MEMORANDUM **
Nevada state prisoner James Kelley appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for failure to exhaust administrative remedies in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Williams v. Paramo, 775 F.3d 1182, 1191 (9th Cir. 2015). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Kelley did not properly exhaust his administrative remedies, and Kelley failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether administrative remedies were effectively unavailable to him. See Ross v. Blake, ––– U.S. ––––, 136 S.Ct. 1850, 1858-59, 195 L.Ed.2d 117 (2016) (describing limited circumstances in which administrative remedies are effectively unavailable); Griffin v. Arpaio, 557 F.3d 1117, 1119 (9th Cir. 2009) (“Exhaustion must be proper․ [A] grievant must use all steps the prison holds out, enabling the prison to reach the merits of the issue.”) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
We do not consider documents not filed with the district court. See Barcamerica Int’l USA Trust v. Tyfield Imps., Inc., 289 F.3d 589, 595 (9th Cir. 2002).
AFFIRMED.
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Docket No: No. 17-16715
Decided: March 22, 2018
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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