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Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Not Jurisdictional

A federal district court in California held that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) is not a jurisdictional prerequisite for federal courts to hear prisoner lawsuits; administrative exhaustion under that statute is not required when a prisoner seeks money damages as relief and the prison grievance system does not provide for money ...

 

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