Opinion
21-15915
06-28-2022
MADDI JEFFREY AARON MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HICKEY, Classification Officer at M.C.A.D.F.; RUYG, Classification Officer at M.C.A.D.F.; DOUG SCHUSTER, Sheriff at Mohave County; DON BISCHOFF, Director at M.C.A.D.F.; PAM COWIN, Legal Assistant at M.C.A.D.F.; COX, named as Lt. Cox; Administrator at M.C.A.D.F.; HULL, Grievance Officer at M.C.A.D.F.; ANHALT, Mail Officer at M.C.A.D.F.; RAHM, Hygiene Officer at M.C.A.D.F.; RAMSEY, Hygiene Officer at M.C.A.D.F.; CANDELARIA, named as Sgt. Candelaria; Supervisor at M.C.A.D.F., Defendants-Appellees.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Appeal from the United States District Court No. 3:18-cv-08221-DLR for the District of Arizona Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding
Before: SILVERMAN, WATFORD, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM
Arizona state prisoner Maddi Jeffrey Aaron Moore appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing for failure to exhaust administrative remedies her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment violations that occurred while Moore was a pretrial detainee. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for clear error the district court's factual findings relevant to its exhaustion determination, and we review de novo the district court's legal rulings on exhaustion. Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162, 1171 (9th Cir. 2014) (en banc). We affirm.
The district court did not commit clear error by finding, following an evidentiary hearing, that Moore's administrative remedies were not effectively unavailable, and that Moore failed to exhaust administrative remedies on her Eighth Amendment failure-to-protect claim. See Ross v. Blake, 578 U.S. 632, 638, 642-44 (2016) (explaining that an inmate must exhaust "such administrative remedies as are available" before bringing suit, and describing limited circumstances under which administrative remedies are effectively unavailable); Husain v. Olympic Airways, 316 F.3d 829, 835 (9th Cir. 2002) ("[I]f the district court's findings are plausible in light of the record viewed in its entirety, the appellate court cannot reverse even if it is convinced it would have found differently.").
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
All pending motions and requests are denied.
AFFIRMED.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).