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Exceptions Made To PLRA Exhaustion Requirement; Discovery Allowed

Loaded on May 15, 2003 by John E Dannenberg published in Prison Legal News May, 2003, page 31
Filed under: Medical, Injury -- Misc., Vision, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Discovery. Locations: California, New York.
by John E. Dannenberg


Two U.S. District Courts recently made exceptions to the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) requirement to exhaust administrative remedies. The Central District of California court ruled that when a prisoner's administrative appeal had been "granted" at an intermediate level, his remedies were deemed exhausted because he ...

 

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