The following excerpt is from Witkin v. Wise, No. 2: 19-cv-0974 KJM KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Exhaustion of administrative remedies may occur if, despite the inmate's failure to comply with a procedural rule, prison officials ignore the procedural problem and render a decision on the merits of the grievance at each available step of the administrative process. Reyes v. Smith, 810
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