"As an inmate at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center,
Richey filed a grievance on November 11, 2011, alleging that
a guard denied him his “right to yard, a shower, and clean
underwear.” Richey alleged that he did not know the guard’s
name and that he described her “accurately” as an “extremely
obese Hispanic female guard.” The grievance was returned
to Richey with a note to “Rewrite- appropriately. Just stick
to the issue of what happened, when, who was involved.”
Richey submitted a revised grievance on November 17, 2011,
containing similar allegations and similar references to the
guard’s weight, with the words “who,” “when,” and “what
happened” inserted into the narrative. The grievance was
again returned to him with an order to “Rewrite as directed.
Hispanic Female is adiquit [sic]. Extremely Obese is unnecessary
and inappropriate.”
Rather than rewrite the grievance, Richey wrote a kite to
the grievance coordinator on November 28, 2011, asking for
clarification of the word “adiquit”and explaining that his
description of the guard’s weight was “necessary and
appropriate in helping him identify her,” as he did not know
her name. He asked the coordinator “not to punish [him] by
rejecting [his] grievance because [the coordinator] disagreed
with [his] choice of language.” When Richey did not receive
a response, he wrote another kite on December 7 asking
“ARE YOU GOING TO PROCESS MY PROPERLY
SUBMITTED GRIEVANCE OR WHAT? I’M NOT
REWRITING IT SO DO YOUR JOB AND PROCESS IT.”
Dahne responded in writing, “No, due to your decision not to
rewrite as requested your grievance has been administraitevly
[sic] withdrawn.”"
Not impressive.
