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Grievance Exhaustion Required
Loaded on May 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1998, page 10
The court of appeals for the sixth circuit held that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) requires administrative exhaustion of all claims filed after the April 26, 1996, enactment of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Section 1997e(a) states that "no action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section …
Filed under:
Retaliation,
Retaliation for Litigating,
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA).
Location:
Michigan.
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