Opinion
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Frank C. Damrell, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-01868-FCD.
Charles T. Davis, pro se, Susanville, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
William V. Cashdollar, Esq., AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: KOZINSKI, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Charles T. Davis, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court's determination that a prisoner failed to exhaust administrative remedies, Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1117 (9th Cir.2003), cert. denied sub nom. Alameida v. Wyatt, 540 U.S. 810, 124 S.Ct. 50, 157 L.Ed.2d 23 (2003), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Davis' action because he failed to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing a federal action. See McKinney v. Carey, 311 F.3d 1198, 1199 (9th Cir.2002) (per curiam).
Davis contends that 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) allows an exception to the exhaustion requirement when the complaint alleges the imminent possibility of serious physical injury or death. Even if such an exception exists after Porter v. Nussle, 534 U.S. 516, 532, 122 S.Ct. 983, 152 L.Ed.2d 12 (2002),
Page 930.
Davis' allegations are neither severe nor specific enough to fall within the exception.
We deny Davis' April 30, 2003 motion to augment the record on appeal.
AFFIRMED.