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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, ...

 

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