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Administrative Exhaustion Not Required Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

The United States Supreme Court held that it was not necessary for a
prisoner to resort to state administrative remedies before seeking relief,
under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for the violation of his constitutional rights.
In this case, Pennsylvania state prison officials confiscated a prisoner's
law books, trial records, and ...

 

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