No. 19-8145

Santiago Cruz v. C. Betancourt

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-grievance administrative-remedies civil-rights eighth-amendment exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process prisoner-litigation procedural-error procedural-errors waiver
Latest Conference: 2020-04-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

The district caurt erred in finding Cruzfailed to exhaust administrative remedies for his Eighth Amendment claim. The district court failed to recognize that prison officials had luaived any procedural errors in the grievance by deciding the issue onthe merits ot all Levels of review. Forthis reason, this Caurt shauld reverse the district caurt's decision and decide as a matteroflawthat Cruz did exhaust all avait able administrative remedies regarding his Eighth Amendment claim

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred in finding that the petitioner failed to exhaust administrative remedies for his Eighth Amendment claim

Docket Entries

2020-04-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2020-04-03
Waiver of right of respondent C. Betancourt to respond filed.
2019-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 29, 2020)

Attorneys

C. Betancourt
Neah HuynhOffice of the Attorney General State of California, Respondent
Santiago Cruz
Santiago Cruz — Petitioner