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Rachel Berry was a pretty smart five year old; her daddies had told her so, so it had to be true. It was because of this that she knew that when two people spent all their time together and played together that they had to love each other.
That's how she decided that Sam and Mercedes needed to get married.
They spent all day at playgroup together, and they shared colours, and built brick houses, and Sam used his action figure to save Mercedes' doll from evil monsters, and she played race cars with Sam even though she always lost, and they sometimes swapped lunches- with Sam sharing his cookies with her- and one time Rachel had even seen them hold hands during nap time.
It was obviously love.
There was a nice white dress in the dress up box that Mercedes could wear, and a tie that she could have Sam wear, and it would be a proper wedding and they'd be in love forever and live happily ever after!
Rachel grinned and finished colouring in her puppy, giving him blue spots.
Plan Sam's-wedding-to-Mercedes was a-go at playtime!
Sam and Mercedes sat down at the building blocks at the beginning of playtime and Rachel made her way over to them. "Mercedes?" Rachel asked, "Sam?" They both looked up at her curiously. "Will you play dress up with me? I'm all by myself, and Tina won't play with me because Kurt's platting her hair." She added a pout that always worked with her dads.
Sam shared a look with his best friend and then nodded, taking her hand and pulling her to her feet. He let go right away, but Rachel grinned brightly at them, clapping her hands together before grabbing one of each of their hands and dragging them over to the dress up trunk.
She flung it open and grabbed the green tie that would compete Sam's outfit. She tied it as best she could, and even though it didn't look quite right she was very proud of herself. She was going to marry two of her friends!
Sam stared at the tie, but Rachel left him to it, poking through the clothes until she found the pretty white dress for Mercedes. She pulled it out and handed it over to Mercedes, who stared at it, looking confused.
"Just do what I say." Rachel instructed. "Mercedes you need to wait round the corner until I tell you to come out, and Sam, you," She continued, pulling him down to her 'altar', past the dolls she'd set up to act as the people who were supposed to watch the wedding.. "You need to stand here."
"What are we playing Rachel?" Sam asked nervously, his eyebrows pulled together. "I've never played this before."
"It's not just a game, it's a ceremony for you and 'Cedes," Rachel explained, "'Cause you love each other."
Sam blushed and Rachel's smile widened- she knew it! They were going to be as happy as her daddies were!
"Okay." He said, "But how does it work?" He asked.
Rachel scrunched her nose up- Daddy hadn't been too exact about what went on at weddings, but she knew it was a bond between two people who loved each other and wanted to spend forever together, and Rachel didn't know anyone who loved each other like Sam and Mercedes.
She told him so. "She's my bestest friend." He said, looking about, like he was afraid Mercedes would overhear.
"So you want to marry her?" Rachel asked, excitedly, bouncing on her heels.
"Yeah." Sam said, "Yeah, I do." He repeated, smiling and sounding surer this time.
"Okay. I'll go get Mercedes." Rachel said, "You wait here."
Rachel was going to have to walk Mercedes down her mini isle, but that was okay, because it was her idea anyway, and she didn't need anyone else's help.
"Okay," Rachel said, tucking her arm into Mercedes', "Sam's waiting for you." She giggled.
Mercedes still looked confused, "I know what we're doing Rachel," Mercedes told her.
"Wait," She said, eyes suddenly wide, "Sam wants to marry me?" She asked, causing Rachel to nod enthusiastically.
"Yep! He told me you were his best friend." Rachel confided, "Don't you want to marry Sam?" She asked, her heart hurting a little at the thought; she'd put so much effort into this and she was so sure they loved each other.
"Of course I do!" Mercedes said, looking a little angry that Rachel could think otherwise. Her face softened as she peeked around the giant dollhouse, "He's my best friend too, and I love him. My mummy and daddy got married 'cause they were best friends, and didn't want any other best friend ever." Mercedes told her, and Rachel nodded seriously.
"Ready, then?" Rachel asked, and Mercedes nodded, smiling softly. Rachel squeezed Mercedes arm and walked her towards Sam, who turned to look at them, his eyes brightening when he saw his wife to be.
Rachel placed their hands together and watched as they linked their fingers together, both smiling shyly and not looking at each other.
"Today we're going to see Sam and Mercedes get married." Rachel started, "Does anyone o..ob...obja...object?" She finished, quite proud of herself for remembering that word, she was sure she would have forgotten it, and she wasn't allowed to mess up .
No one spoke up, so Rachel continued, "Do you, Sam Evans, want to take Mercedes Jones as your awfully- lawfully- wedded wife?" She stumbled.
"Yes." Sam said, turning to look at Merced who smiled a little at him and ducked her head to hide it.
"And do you, Mercedes Jones, take Sam Evans to be your lawfully wedded husband?" Rachel asked, looking at her friend.
"Yes." She whispered, meeting Sam's eyes tentatively.
Rachel cheered in her head, and announced, "I now say you're Mr. and Mrs. Sam Evans. You may kiss your bride." Rachel instructed Sam, who blushed.
Neither of them moved, "I'm not gonna kiss him if you're watching Rachel." Mercedes said, "That's weird."
Oh, Rachel thought, before nodding and turning away slightly, so it looked like she couldn't see them but so she still could.
Sam leaned over and pressed his lips to Mercedes' really quickly, blushing at the action.
"I love you, Mercy."He told her. "You're my best friend ever, and I should have told you before Rachel married us."
"You're my best friend too, Sammy. It's why I married you, and why I want to be with you forever, 'cause I love you." Mercedes replied, her hand tightening around Sam's .
When home time came about they had removed their dress-up clothes, but had been holding hands ever since. They walked out the front doors hand-in-hand to wait for their parents.
Sam's mum came walking over, smiling down at both of them, staring at their hands. "Did I miss something? Do you have a girlfriend, Sammy?" His mum joked.
He rolled his eyes at her, "No, mum," He scoffed. "Mercy's my wife. We got married earlier." He said, Mercedes nodding alongside him.
"Yeah, Mrs. Evans, Rachel married us 'cause we love each other." She confirmed, and Sam couldn't stop grinning when she mentioned that she loved him. Mercedes loved him.
"Who did my baby marry?" A male voice asked, and Sam looked up to see Mercedes dad. He was really tall and big, but Sam wasn't scared because he loved Mercedes and even if her daddy didn't like that it wouldn't stop him from loving her.
"I did." Sam said, holding out his free hand for Mr. Jones to shake. Mr. Jones smiled a little amusedly down at him, but clasped hands with Sam.
"So, you married my baby girl?" Mr. Jones asked, and Sam nodded. Pulling away from the man and standing beside his wife.
"You gonna treat her right, mister?" Mr. Jones asked.
Sam nodded quickly. "I will. I'm gonna take real good care of her. Imma share my food with her, and play dolls even though I much prefer playing racing and I'll let her hog the blanket at nap time, and I'll love her always, Mr. Jones, 'cause she's my best friend."
Both parents exchanged a look that Sam didn't understand, and Sam's mum had a really big smile on her face. "Well how about you two newlyweds say bye, and you can see each other in playgroup tomorrow." She suggested.
Sam shrugged in a 'what can you do?' way, and pulled Mercedes into a hug. "I'll miss you." She muttered, and he nodded against her shoulder.
"Come on, 'Cedes." Mr. Jones said, and she pulled away waving bye to Sam as she took her dad's hand and headed in the opposite direction.
"You too, Sam." His mum said, nudging him. "You'll see her tomorrow." She reminded him, Sam nodded and took his mum's hand, and it didn't feel half as nice as Mercedes', even though this was his mum.
"So you got married?" His mum teased, "Wait until I tell your father."
"Mum!" Sam whined, knowing he'd get pestered about Mercedes a lot by his dad if he found out.
His mum just laughed, bright and loud.
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Skip to comments.Gym tells woman to cover up because her toned body intimidated others
Posted on 03/20/2014 9:55:51 AM PDT by grundle
The Planet Fitness gym in Richmond, California is standing behind their dress code policy after one member claimed that she was told to put a shirt over her intimidatingly toned body.
As reported by KTVU Channel 2, Tiffany Austin was recovering from a car accident and getting back in shape with her first workout at the gym. However, her time exercising was cut short when a Planet Fitness employee stopped her. Austin explained, She says, you know, Excuse me, we've had some complaints. You're intimidating people with your toned body. So can you put on a shirt?
Ms. Austin was wearing a spaghetti strap tank top and capri pants with her midriff exposed, and she doesnt think her attire was out of line. I dont feel like its anything crazy, but I mean you tell me if its burning your eyes, Austin said with a laugh. Reportedly she was only told that the gym dress code prohibited wearing string tank tops. The Planet Fitness customer agreed to wear one of the shirts the gym provides patrons for free, but while she waited for the tee, another employee approached her with objections to her clothing. Feeling harassed and intimidated herself, Austin decided to get her money back and cancel her membership at the gym advertised as the Judgement Free Zone whose policy bans gymtimidation. McCall Gosselin, Planet Fitness spokesperson, said that criticizing Austin for being toned,
is not in line with the Planet Fitness policy whatsoever.
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Reason #278 why California sucks.
I guess I don't know what 'toned' means. If it means have a soft tummy, then yeah - she's toned.
This is just asking for a lawsuit and given that the target is a member of a protected class, they will be paying her to come back along with the EEOC and her attorneys if she wants to go that route.
Harrison Bergeron
She was making the good personality women feel bad.
I smell bs, lawsuit, and idiocy. If that is toned, then Obama is a Conservative.It is possible the manager was telling her to put on a shirt because she was not toned and offending others and tried to do it without telling her she was fugly.
I'm ok with this. I spend plenty of time at the gym and I don't see anyone dressed like that. It's also part of the gym policy as many people are paranoid about using a machine covered with sweat. You're supposed to wipe everything when you're done.
I think it's stupid that she and the media are making a thing over it. Put on a friggin shirt, shut up and keep working out. No one is infringing on your right to exercise.
As common sense evaporates, lawsuits increase.
I bet it was a bunch of chubby woman. lol.
I'm wondering whether all this complaining was, as they carefully pretended, aesthetic or moral, or whether maybe it was racist.
You have simply got to be sh*tting me. She's not that toned anyway. What kind of world are they creating?
Or more generally, "You breath air at our pleasure, not at yours.
This is just asking for a lawsuit and given that the target is a member of a protected class,
Typically I don't like these lawsuits, but it appears she should go right along and get as much money as possible from these idiots.
Some of them have very little in the way of free weights. Good luck finding a squat rack & similar equipment. Others kick you out if you grunt too loud. Still others are fond of offering pizza & cookies at the front desk as a "reward".
Their appeal seems limited to the crowd that does not want to try too hard.
dunno about tone, but that looks like a fairly dark hue
Courtesy ping.
I'd hit it too; twice for good measure.
She can intimidate me any time she wants..........................
Their business model is that they're not a place for muscleheads and gymbunnies. There are a lot of places for them and there's a certain group of potential customers that don't feel comfortable at those places. Those are the customers Planet Fitness is trying to get. It's their "Unique Selling Point" as they say in marketing. They're upfront about the fact and feature it in their advertising, so it's not unexpected that they would actually, you know, deliver on what they've promised their customer.
That may be "toned" at a fatty farm but not where I come from.
If she is told that she is too toned, she should take it as a compliment, put the dang t-shirt on and continue working out. If she was intimidating others, I shutter to think what the other female patrons looked like. And yes, it was definitely a female complaining because, believe me, there is no man in the world who would complain about a woman being overly toned...
Must get EXPERT OPINION.......................
I like the one with Sean Astin but this is truer to the short story.
Wait, cover up in California? This is a new one.
That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw her picture. It depends on what you're definition of "toned" is. I think it's a rouse to get attention, myself.
I would rather look at a toned person then a fat slob.
She is looking for a payday
At my gym she would be average in looks, body tone, and attire.
Same thing I was going to say "That's toned?"
In the future, no one will be better.
Everyone will be worse.
Kalifornicia... say no more.
well, I would say that this woman is attractive, and easy on the eyes.
I've seen more skimpy outfits at my gym. But I don't know their particular dress code. Just saying, this outfit doesn't seem too skimpy to me. But then females working out may have different opinions of this other female.
I believe this is the entire movie.
Compared to Moochelle, it is.
I've been to a few women's gyms where the woman working there to assist with the workouts is a fat slob. I didn't think it was good advertisement for the program, but I thought maybe they were afraid of discrimination suits if they didn't hire them.
So maybe they didn't want to intimidate the clientele? That just doesn't make any sense. People should look at someone in good shape as motivation.
I agree. Woman at the gym can be catty. Most of the rich woman can look at her and be nasty because they are so frumpy.
Would hate to see the complainers...
I think the tone was referring to her skin tone...
I dunno. I see a little pooch around the tummy.
Good one.
But would Sir Mix-a-Lot approve?
Expect an executive action soon. We have to be equal!
I wonder if she is an aspiring actress, or is planning a fitness video, and figures this is a good way to promote herself...
Oh, the complainers? Well, they're the same fat ugly folks who replaced the pretty airline stewardesses.
i think there is probably more to this story
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September 7, 2010
RODNEY WOMACK, PLAINTIFF,v.C. BAKEWELL, DEFENDANTS.
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that defendants' refusal to increase his methadone dosage for pain in his ankle constitutes deliberate indifference to a serious medical need, in violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that plaintiff has failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a).
I. Exhaustion standard
A motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit arises under Rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1119 (9th Cir. 2003). In deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust non-judicial remedies, the court may look beyond the pleadings and decide disputed issues of fact. Id. at 1120. If the district court concludes that the prisoner has not exhausted non-judicial remedies, the proper remedy is dismissal of the claim without prejudice. Id.
The exhaustion requirement is rooted in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which provides that "[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title,... until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted." 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) regulations provide administrative procedures in the form of one informal and three formal levels of review to address plaintiff's claims. See Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, §§ 3084.1-3084.7. Administrative procedures generally are exhausted once a prisoner has received a "Director's Level Decision," or third-level review, with respect to his issues or claims. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, § 3084.5. Defendants bear the burden of proving plaintiff's failure to exhaust. Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1119 (9th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Alameida v. Wyatt, 540 U. S. 810 (2003).
Under CDCR regulations an inmate must file his prisoner grievance within fifteen days of the events grieved. If plaintiff failed to exhaust available administrative remedies, by filing a late grievance, this case must be dismissed. Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81 (2006). Furthermore, all steps of the grievance process must be completed before a civil rights action is filed, unless a plaintiff demonstrates a step is unavailable to him. Exhaustion during the pendency of the litigation will not save an action from dismissal. McKinney v. Carey, 311 F.3d 1198, 1200 (9th Cir. 2002).
California regulations do not require an inmate to specifically identify a prison official in a grievance. Therefore a California inmate need not name a particular individual during the grievance process in order to name that person as a defendant and meet the PLRA's exhaustion requirement by the time he files suit. See Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 218-219 (2007); Butler v. Adams, 397 F.3d 1181, 1183 (9th Cir. 2005).
II. Analysis
Plaintiff filed his complaint on May 18, 2009. At all times relevant to this action, he was an inmate at California State Prison-Sacramento (CSP-Sacramento). On October 9, 2009, the court, exercising its duty to screen the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), allowed service on two defendants, Vu Duc, M.D., and C. Bakewell. The gravamen of plaintiff's complaint against them is the same: he alleges both were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical need by refusing to increase his dosage of methadone for pain in his ankle before and after he had surgery on it on February 13, 2009. See Compl. at 3-7. However, the factual details as to each defendant are different and critical in determining if plaintiff has exhausted his Eighth Amendment claim against either of them.
A. Plaintiff's Allegations Against Dr. Duc
Plaintiff identifies defendant Duc as "a physician here at Folsom State Prison" with whom he "discussed my pain problems." Compl. at 6. Plaintiff is specific about when he met with Dr. Duc: February 25, 2009, and April 9, 2009. Id. Thus the only relevant administrative grievances that could have exhausted plaintiff's claim against Dr. Duc must have been filed after those dates.
Plaintiff and defendants have submitted copies of plaintiff's numerous grievances related to the pain in his ankle. Only one of them, which plaintiff initiated on April 6, 2009, involves any complaint about pain medication after either of plaintiff's meetings with Dr. Duc. See Defs.' Ex. 6 (Appeal SAC-10-09-10823). However, plaintiff did not complain about inadequate methadone dosages on his Form 602, the initial appeal form on which prisoners allege their grievances and request remedial action by prison officials. Instead, plaintiff initially complained that the pain in his ankle made it too difficult to walk, and he requested a wheelchair and follow-up surgery on his ankle. Id. at 5. That request for action was denied at the first level of review on June 1, 2009. Id. at 10. Plaintiff then added the issue of pain medication on June 5, 2009, when he filed for second-level review of his request for a wheelchair and follow-up surgery. Id. at 6. The allegation concerning pain medication was rejected at the second level because plaintiff had raised "a new issue which does not belong to this appeal." Id. at 3. Plaintiff repeated the allegation about pain medication, and asserted it specifically against Dr. Duc for the first time, when he requested his grievance be sent to the Director's Level for final review, on June 24, 2009. Id., Attach. B at 8.
The grievance plaintiff initiated on April 6, 2009, fails to exhaust his claim against Dr. Duc (and defendant Bakewell) because in that appeal he only raised the issue of pain medication on June 5, 2009, after he had filed his action in this court on May 18, 2009. That is too late to exhaust a claim under the PLRA, which requires complete exhaustion before an action is filed. See McKinney, supra. Moreover, prison appeals officials properly rejected plaintiff's appeal against Dr. Duc because he did not raise it at the initial level. His grievance against Dr. Duc was in that respect procedurally defective and thus did not satisfy the exhaustion requirement. Exhaustion "'means using all steps that the agency holds out, and doing so properly....'" Woodford, 548 U.S. at 90 (citation omitted). Because there is no evidence that plaintiff properly exhausted any grievance about inadequate pain medication after Dr. Duc allegedly refused to increase plaintiff's methadone dosage, the claim against Dr. Duc should be dismissed.
B. The Allegations Against C. Bakewell
Plaintiff does not provide any specific dates for his discussions with defendant Bakewell, a nurse practitioner, regarding his methadone dosage. However, he does say he saw Bakewell about pain medication "[w]hile I was housed in B4-cell 127." Compl. at 3. Defendants submit a declaration of T. Hinrichs, a correctional counselor at CSP-Sacramento with access to housing records, who states that plaintiff "inhabited cell 127 in building 4, B facility between October 30, 2008, and January 5, 2009." Decl. of T. Hinrichs ¶ 5. Plaintiff's own account of the 602s he filed concerning Bakewell's treatment falls within this period: he states he filed three grievances against her, on November 25, 2008, December 12, 2008, and December 29, 2008. Id.
Defendants submit the declaration of Jean Walker, chief of CDCR's Office of Third Level Appeals-Health Care (OTLA-HC), stating that plaintiff has submitted only two appeals to her office for final level review. See Decl. of Jean Walker ¶ 4. One of these appeals originated from the same April 6, 2009, grievance discussed above, Appeal SAC-10-09-10823; in that appeal, as noted, plaintiff initially sought a wheelchair and follow-up surgery, only to add complaints about pain medication after those initial requests were denied. As explained above, that appeal cannot stand as proof that plaintiff exhausted his administrative remedies for the purposes of this action. The other appeal received by OTLA-HC does not concern plaintiff's pain medication at all. See Defs.' Ex. 6, Attachs. A and B. Thus there appear to be no third-level responses that could show plaintiff has fully exhausted an administrative appeal concerning the issues presented in this lawsuit.
Plaintiff responds to defendants' motion to dismiss by claiming that Bakewell and Dr. Duc, among others, have obstructed his attempts to use the grievance and appeals process to exhaust his claims. No evidence suggests defendants or anyone else engaged in any such obstruction. To the contrary, the record shows plaintiff has zealously and repeatedly sought relief for his allegedly inadequate dosages of methadone. For purposes of his claim against defendant Bakewell, plaintiff adequately raised the issue of his methadone dosage in an appeal he submitted on November 19, 2008. See Defs.' Ex. 3 (Appeal SAC-10-08-13927). According to defendants, that appeal was initially screened out, but, after plaintiff protested, it was accepted and processed with another grievance as a joint appeal on December 9. See Decl. of A. Briones ¶ 8. It also appears that plaintiff filed yet another appeal about his methadone dosage on December 18, 2008. See Defs.' Ex. 2 (Appeal SAC-10-09-10305). That too was initially screened out and then accepted after plaintiff's protest, on January 28, 2009. See Decl. of A. Briones ¶ 7. Finally, it appears both appeals were partially granted in separate first level decisions rendered on March 6, 2009, with plaintiff allowed to revisit the issue of his pain medication with his primary physician within two weeks.*fn1 See Defs.' Ex. 2 at 2 & Ex. 3 at 2.
The relevant initial grievances involving methadone dosages, then, were filed on November 19, 2008, and December 18, 2008. There is no evidence that plaintiff attempted to take those complaints beyond the first level of review after they were partially granted on March 6, some two months before he filed this action on May 18, 1999. See Decl. of A. Briones ¶¶ 7-8. Plaintiff argues he is excused from fully exhausting those appeals because the timing of the first-level responses exceeded the thirty days required under title 15 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) § 3084.6(b)(2).
Defendant Bakewell replies to plaintiff's argument by pointing out that CCR § 3084.6(b)(2) requires a first level response within thirty working days and that Appeal SAC-10-09-10305 was, by that standard, timely processed. Bakewell is correct about the timeliness of that response under the regulation, but she does not address the timeliness of the response to the earlier appeal, SAC-10-08-13927, originally filed November 19, 2008, and accepted after initial screening on December 9, 2008. Using the date of that appeal's acceptance (December 9) as a trigger, the first-level response was due no later than January 26, 2009. The response came over one month later, on March 6.
The Ninth Circuit has not determined that an untimely response by prison appeals administrators provides a blanket excuse for a prisoner's failure to exhaust, but it has left open the possibility that unjustified delay in responding to a grievance, "particularly a time-sensitive one, may demonstrate that no administrative process is in fact available." Brown, 422 F.3d at 943 n.18. As a general matter, a prison officials' failure to abide by regulations governing the appeals process can render the process unavailable for purposes of exhaustion. See Nunez v. Duncan, 591 F.3d 1217, 1224 (9th Cir. 2010). Other judges of this court have relied on Nunez and precedent from other circuits in finding that prison officials' failure to process appeals within the time limits prescribed by prison regulations renders an appeals process unavailable. See, e.g., Nible v. Knowles, 2010 WL 3245325 at *3 (E.D.Cal.) (citing, inter alia, Boyd v. Corrections Corp. of America, 380 F.3d 989, 996 (6th Cir. 2004) (administrative remedies are exhausted when prison officials fail to timely respond to properly filed grievance), adopted by 2009 WL 1658043 (E.D. Cal.)); see also Abney v. McGinnis, 380 F.3d 663, 667 (2nd Cir. 2004) (failure of prison officials to timely advance appeal may justify failure to exhaust); Jernigan v. Stuchell, 304 F.3d 1030, 1032 (10th Cir. 2002) (failure to respond to grievance within policy time limits renders remedy unavailable); Powe v. Ennis, 177 F.3d 393, 394 (5th Cir. 1999) (when a valid grievance has been filed and the state's time to respond has expired, the remedies are deemed exhausted).
The circuits that have addressed the issue appear uniform in their acceptance of the proposition that untimely responses from prison officials may render the process unavailable for purposes of exhaustion under the PLRA. In the cases in which failure to exhaust actually was excused, however, the inmate never received any response from prison appeals officials before he filed suit, see Nible, Boyd and Powe, supra, or he had been "mired in a Catch-22" of repeatedly winning the same relief only to watch officials fail to implement it, leaving him no administrative recourse but to file the same grievance again. See Abney, 380 F.3d at 669 (finding "defendants' failure to implement the multiple rulings in Abney's favor rendered administrative relief 'unavailable' under the PLRA").
The Seventh Circuit has articulated the reasoning for concern about prison officials' failure to respond, even in finding, in a given case, the grievance process remained available: "[w]e refuse to interpret the PLRA 'so narrowly as to... permit [prison officials] to exploit the exhaustion requirement through indefinite delay in responding to grievances.'" Lewis v. Washington, 300 F.3d 829, 833 (7th Cir. 2002) (citations omitted). This concern is amplified when "[d]elay in responding to a grievance, particularly a time-sensitive one, may demonstrate that no administrative process is in fact available." Brown, 422 F.3d at 943 n.18. In this case, plaintiff's request for additional pain medication for a condition that required surgery is not, on its face, a trivial one. Still, the cases show the remedy must be "unavailable" as a matter of fact. Prison officials' failure to meet deadlines for responding to an appeal does not render the inmate's remedies unavailable per se; rather how the process actually unfolds in a particular case is critical to the analysis. For example, the Tenth Circuit in Jernigan cited the general rule that untimely responses may excuse failure to exhaust but found against the plaintiff because he was advised he had ten days in which to seek a response from the tardy authority. See Jernigan, 304 F.3d at 1032-33. The court also noted that prison policy allowed inmates who claimed they had never received a response to send the grievance with evidence of its prior submission to an administrative review authority, and the inmate had not availed himself of that further review. Id. at 1033.
In Ellis v. Cambra, 2005 WL 2105039 (E.D.Cal.), plaintiff argued that exhaustion was unavailable because he had never received a response at the informal level. However, the court rejected that argument because plaintiff was notified before he filed suit that even though there was no record of his informal appeal, he could still proceed to the first formal level. "Thus, prior to the time plaintiff filed this suit, an avenue of administrative relief remained available to him." Id. at *5. The court cited to many of the same cases listed above but said, in the end, "[t]he issue becomes one of determining at what point prison officials have sufficiently thwarted the process so as to render it unavailable." Id. at *4.
Here, the court finds Ellis strikes the proper balance between prison officials' undisputed failure to follow state regulations and the actual "unavailability" of the remedial process on the facts of this case. In plaintiff's case, the delay may have signaled an indifference to his condition that might excuse exhaustion under other circumstances, but it did not amount to obstruction of the process to the point it actually became unavailable. Nothing in the record suggests plaintiff could not have proceeded through the next two levels of appeal after he received the response on March 6, regardless of the tardiness of the response.*fn2 Nothing in the record explains why plaintiff did nothing with respect to his claim for the two-and-a-half months between March 6 and May 18, when he filed this lawsuit. Had he pursued his grievance all the way to the end, his second and third level responses would have taken at most (assuming timely responses) another twenty and sixty working days, respectively. See CCR tit. 15, § 3084.6(b)(3), (4). That timing would have delayed either an increase in medication or the filing of this lawsuit, but, again, in this case delay did not amount to outright obstruction. "[I]f there is a process available, it must be utilized, regardless of how tiresome or trying." Ellis at *5. By pointing to relevant documents that show process was still available to plaintiff, defendant Bakewell has met her burden.
The court will recommend that the motion to dismiss as to defendant Bakewell be granted.
III. Plaintiff's Miscellaneous Motions
Plaintiff has filed a motion to amend statement of facts and a motion to amend the complaint. See Docket Nos. 26 and 40. Both should be denied.
First, the motion to amend statement of facts appears to renew plaintiff's earlier request for immediate injunctive relief, denied by the court on December 17, 2009 (Docket No. 19). The motion elaborates on plaintiff's initial demand for an order that his pain medication be increased (see Docket No. 8), but it adds nothing new to the argument that plaintiff originally presented. Construing the motion as a request that plaintiff's original motion for injunctive relief be reconsidered, the court will recommend that the motion be denied.
Plaintiff's motion to amend his complaint does not actually seek to amend the complaint. Rather, it is an unsworn affidavit in which plaintiff seeks "to inform this court of the seriousness of plaintiff's left ankle medical problems." Motion at 2. Plaintiff already has alleged a serious medical condition by averring an Eighth Amendment claim of deliberate indifference in his original complaint. The motion to amend concerns the same serious medical condition, nothing more. Futility of amendment can, standing alone, justify denial of a motion to amend the complaint. See Bonin v. Calderon, 59 F.3d 815, 845 (9th Cir.1995). The motion to amend the complaint will be denied.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The motion to amend the complaint (Docket No. 40) is denied.
IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that
1. The motion to dismiss (Docket No. 31) be granted.
2. The motion to amend statement of facts (Docket No. 26) be denied.
These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within twenty-one days after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned "Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations." Any reply to the objections shall be served and filed within seven days after service of the objections. The parties are advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court's order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). If a party does not plan to file objections or a reply that party is encouraged to file a prompt notice informing the court of as much.
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Personal Aspirations (College) Essay, Research Paper
Essay Topic: Personal Aspirations
My life changed forever at a tender age of 11. I remember spending countless afternoons, evenings, and nights pacing the halls of the North Shore University Hospital in New York, periodically checking in on my mom. As I paced the halls, I would pray for my mom to pull through. However, this was not meant to be. On the morning of Aug 1, 1994, I awoke to my father picking me up in his arms, with tears streaming down his face, and cries of sadness coming from his heart. Early that morning, my mother died from a four-year battle with breast cancer. A family's dream was shattered and I became somewhat different from other kids in my class. In a short time I started to think like a grown up. Now, at an early age, career goals became extremely important to me.
I vividly remember the day after the cremation of my mother. I was sitting alone in the basement, staring at my empty reflection in the TV. Countless memories of her passed before my eyes in just seconds. But most of all I thought about all the days my mother would talk about her vision of my future as a doctor, helping people like her and others who needed care. Since that day, my ambition for becoming a doctor, which was a natural choice since both of my parents spent their entire careers in the medical field, was strengthened by the goal to carry out my mother's dreams for me.
During the last two years of high school, I looked for research opportunities in the field of biomedical science to bolster my pursuit of a future in the medical profession. In the summer of 1999, I accepted a volunteer research position at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, one of the premiere hospitals in the world. I worked in the department of Nuclear Medicine/ Radiation Safety on a project to determine the effective rate of systemic elimination of
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We have had the same thing Rick....but the "skeeters" are worse because of it here.
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Gladys, You have been critical of me for being too harsh in my writings. I have decided to tone it down.
Someone finally got wise to the namby pambies in Houghton. Kudos to whoever sponsored the 1812 bill recently passed by the House in Olympia! This bill, which you probably oppose, would subject the highly privileged veto position of Houghton to a vote of the whole city of Kirkland. Can you spell DEMOCRACY!
When the question of Houghton merging with Kirkland was brought to a vote, Kirkland bribed the Houghton folks by giving them veto power over zoning decisions in Houghton. What a travesty! Houghton was facing bankruptcy and had no money with which to run a city government. They had no hope of surviving as an independent city.
Now 40 plus years later, someone finally worked up the courage to level the playing field for all of Kirkland. To continue giving the Houghton Community Council veto power over zoning decisions would violate every tenet of what a democracy stands for. One for all and all for one. Why should Houghton be given privileges no other neighborhood in Kirkland has?
Someone is circulating a petition trying to reverse this action in Olympia.
What possible democratic principle are they trying to protect? The answer is none.
Message to the Senate in Olympia: pass this bill and reestablish democracy in the neighborhood of Houghton.
Really, Ralph, really? Just when I think there might be hope that you and your neanderthal ways have evolved out of the dark ages, there you go again.
I know exactly what your real problem is. You, dear Ralph, have a severe case of Houghton Envy.
Ralph, you have seen the advantages that the Houghton area has. Then you see what you have. And you and I both know darn well that what you have just does not measure up by comparison. Really.
Let's get serious here. You ask if I can spell democracy. I may be getting older but I am not hard of spelling. Yes Ralph, I can spell democracy and I can also spell transparency, process, disrespect and dirty tricks.
Bills in the state legislature don't just drop out of the sky, into a committee room and then float onto the Governor's desk for signature. Bills are driven by some kind of motivation, legislative sponsors are found, lawyers and code revisers get to work, and people lobby to get them passed. Someone asked for this bill to drop and for it to include the provisions that it has. Who was it and what was the motivation?
This bill is out of place for this legislative session because it won't save any money for the State, it won't streamline State government and it won't create jobs. Many bills will drop this year but will die in committee because legislators and staff don't have the time to consider bills that don't meet those objectives. This bill got through committee and then was passed unanimously by the House. How did that happen?
No one in the Houghton Community Council knew about this. What was the plan for letting them know? Perhaps just an e-mail with an attached copy of the bill after it was signed by the Governor? The time to let them know was before this dropped so that issues could be discussed and worked out, you know, like grownups do? Dropping it quietly and letting it get all the way to a House vote without any notice to the HCC was not courage as you so ignorantly call it, Ralph, this was sneaky and cowardly.
Who, Ralph, are the real beneficiaries of this bill? It's typically about money, everyone knows that. Who stood to gain by taking away their authority on zoning matters? Or was it someone who lost money because of some prior action of the HCC and now wants to avenge their loss and prevent it in the future?
We don't know who in the City knew about this and when. I for one want to know. Are we really supposed to believe that the city's legislative professionals did not know about this? If so, they should be replaced, because the bill digest plainly included the word "municipal." Any 5th grader knows how to do a word search and our legislative professionals should be smarter than a 5th grader, don't you think? I won't point fingers at our electeds – at least not yet. However I find it very hard to believe that when a "yes" vote comes from six members of the legislature whose districts include Kirkland – including two of our past mayors - each of them knowing the history of Houghton, that someone didn't think to contact at least some of our City Council members for a heads up or a "what do you think?" If they didn't, then these State legislators are not doing their job. If those legislators did contact members of the City Council or discuss it with them when they were all in Olympia recently, then why wasn't the HCC brought into the loop as well? Yes, Ralph, that is a rhetorical question.
For that matter, anyone at 123 Fifth Avenue - electeds or staff - who knew about this and kept it secret? Shame on them. Step up and acknowledge it before it's found out. It never ceases to amaze me that we haven't learned from past experiences that secrets and back room strategizing never works and is disgraceful when it comes out.
Is the Houghton Community Council out of date? That would be your simplistic point of view, Ralphie. In my view, they have what we all really want: a strong voice in the future of our own neighborhood. Let's not forget, this is not some little cul-de-sac or subdivision. This is a significant part of the City that includes portions of three neighborhoods and has over 6000 residents. That is a large percentage even after annexation. This bill is a sign of the times as we become a larger city where some of our electeds just don't want to put up with neighborhoods that communicate and express a point of view, perish the thought. I've heard some of our Council members mumble things about how our neighborhoods are balkanizing the City and all sorts of craziness like that. I think they just want us to vote for them and then stay home and be quiet. That's one thing you and I have in common, Ralph, neither one of us cares to stay quiet.
Sometimes promises need to be adjusted. If this 40-year promise needs to be re-visited and adjusted, I do know this is not how it's done. This is like the spouse who closes all of the bank accounts, changes the locks on the door and sends a text message or a legal messenger to deliver the news to their soon-to-be ex. If this promise needs to be adjusted, if it is out of date, then the first people who should talk it out are the HCC and our City Council.
I've also heard that this is about saving money for the City. Interesting excuse but it is a smokescreen. There are lots of ways to save money. I've heard numbers of anywhere from $20,000 to $70,000 a year. Maybe one of the things that should be adjusted is that this cost should be assessed to all properties, business and residential, that are located in the area. Maybe if there are legal costs, then the City and the Houghton Corporation should each pay their own legal fees, just as parties do in most disputes. There are lots of relevant options to consider. Smart minds working together can come up with smart ideas.
Think about what would happen after this bill was enacted. The entire City of Kirkland would have a vote over the destiny of just a part of the City. I can only imagine the infighting that would ensue and the resentment that would be with us for decades to come if the vote goes against Houghton. That hardly seems healthy for a City that calls itself "a community with a small-town feel, retaining its sense of history, while adjusting gracefully to changes in the twenty-first century." There's nothing graceful about this proposed change for a large section of our City, at least not the way it could happen if this bill is enacted. If the City does vote the HCC "out" then what happens to the provisions in the zoning code that currently only affect Houghton? Do we then have to witness even more infighting as Houghton finds itself trying to protect and preserve their neighborhood? You know how these things work, Ralph. Those who resent what Houghton has or who will profit by eliminating or changing them, those folks will persevere until those provisions are a thing of the past.
Ralph, you asked what possible democratic principle the citizens were trying to protect with their petition. Really, Ralph, you're kidding, right? Did you miss all of your civics classes or just the ones that meant something? The basic principles of democracy include the freedom of political expression and freedom of speech. Seems to me that the folks that are gathering signatures for this petition are trying to protect their democratic rights by fending off the "tyranny of the majority" as the legislature seems way too anxious to get this done quickly and quietly without interference from those most affected. This bill would threaten a fundamental property right that the residents and commercial property owners have enjoyed for over forty years. Their response sounds like a solid case of democracy in action to me, Ralph.
So, Ralph, here's the bottom line. You are like the lady sitting in Katz's Deli, watching Sally enjoy her sandwich very very well as she demonstrates as much to Harry. You, like the lady watching Sally, you want what she's having. That's fine, but you want to take away her sandwich because you, Ralph, have never had what she's having. If you had, you wouldn't be so darn uptight. Your loss, but let Sally have her sandwich and let Houghton have their due process and control over their destiny in the light of day. That, Ralph, is democracy in action. Really.
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At the age of 21, George settled on a farm located near Walnutport, Lehigh Township, Northampton County, near his friend Wilhelm Best. Wilhelm along with his wife, Anna Sussana Schaffer (Schaeffer), migrated in 1737, also on the "Winter Galley. George later married Anna Sussana Schaffer's (Schaeffer's) sister Catherine Barbara Schaffer (Schaeffer). Adam Schaffer (Schaeffer), father of these two girls. had come too and bought land in Northampton County in January 1732.
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Saturated Fat 5.9 g29.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 211.5 mg70.5%
Sodium 1156.2 mg48.2%
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Protein 28 g56.7%
Vitamin A 5.4% Vitamin C 3.2%
Calcium 38.8% Iron 54.6%
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This used Vauxhall Mokka 5 door registration LV13CYG (2013) has a 1.6 Petrol engine with a Manual gearbox and obtains reasonable fuel consumption of 43.5 mpg and is finished in Sovereign Silver-ice Silver. The CO2 emissions are moderately low at 159 g/km which in turn offers road tax at £185 per year.
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