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BOP Suits Require Administrative Exhaustion
Loaded on April 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1994, page 14
John Rourke is a federal prisoner. He filed suit seeking injunctive relief alleging that prison officials had denied him medical care and arbitrarily imposed disciplinary sanctions against him. The district court dismissed the suit without prejudice as frivolous, before service on the defendants, holding that Rourke was required to exhaust ...
Filed under:
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Administrative Exhaustion,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
Texas.
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