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Excessive Force Claims Not Subject to Exhaustion; Supreme Court Grants Review
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2001, page 9
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) does not apply to assault and excessive force claims.
Filed under:
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA),
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Locations:
Connecticut,
Florida.
Connecticut state prisoner Ronald Nussle brought a civil rights action against two guards, alleging that they violated his constitutional …
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