California Court of Appeal

Dismissal of plaintiff-inmate's action against defendant, an optometrist under contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR), is affirmed, where: 1) the trial court correctly ruled that plaintiff's complaint must be dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies; 2) plaintiff's obligation to exhaust the administrative remedies available to prisoners concerning the medical treatment they receive is independent of the obligation to comply with the Government Claims Act; and 3) plaintiff's failure to exhaust his administrative remedies is not excused.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/06/2013
• Published 12/06/2013

Judges

• HULL

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel