Hernandez v. Coffey

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• holding that plaintiff had an inadequate understanding of the consequences of conversion because defendant did provide notice under Local Civil Rule 12.1
• holding that 7 a pro se plaintiff was entitled to an opportunity to take relevant discovery before the district court 8 converted a motion for judgment on the pleadings into a motion for summary judgment
• requiring inmates to “us[e] all steps that the agency holds out, and do[ ] so properly ” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• reversing for lack of Vital notice where the district court relied upon affidavits submitted earlier in the litigation
• vacating and remanding where defendants’ Rule 12 motion “present[ed] matters outside the pleadings” but “the defendants[] [had not] ever explained to [the pro se plaintiff] the nature or consequences of summary judgment”
• vacating district court judgment, despite plaintiffs submission of affidavits in support of his claims, because there was “no indication that [he] understood that his affidavits would be his last chance to submit evidence related to exhaustion”

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