The following excerpt is from Faber v. Cnty. of San Diego, CASE NO. 08CV2017 JLS (BGS), ECF No. 17 (S.D. Cal. 2011):
"[F]ailure to exhaust is an affirmative defense" that defendants must establish. Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 216 (2007). "In deciding a motion to dismiss for a failure to exhaust
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