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Denial of Grievance Forms Excuses Failure to Exhaust
Loaded on May 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2004, page 9
Denial of Grievance Forms Excuses
Filed under:
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Retaliatory Discipline,
Sewage,
Vermin,
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA),
Physical Injury Rule,
Damages,
Complaints,
Mental Health.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
Failure to Exhaust
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Pennsylvania federal district court's dismissal of a state prisoner's civil rights suit for failure to state a claim.
Pennsylvania prisoner Mark Mitchell was incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford (SCI-Graterford) when ...
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