The following excerpt is from Gray v. Tilton, No. 2:11-cv-02103 EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2012):
1. Although plaintiff lacks a cause of action against any defendant for mis-processing his administrative appeals, to the extent any defendant's actions prevented plaintiff from exhausting his administrative remedies, those actions may be a basis for excusing plaintiff from completing the exhaustion requirement. Ott v. Vela, No. CV 11-03963 PSG (RZ), 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108331, at *3 (C.D. Cal. June 19, 2012).
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