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Administrative Exhaustion May Be Required
Loaded on July 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1994, page 11
Leopold Pedraza is a Texas state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming prison officials harassed him because of his race, national origin and prior litigation. At no time did Pedraza file grievances or complaints with prison officials concerning his allegations. A magistrate ordered the suit stayed for ninety …
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