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PLRA Does Not Preempt State Exhaustion Statutes

By: Brandon Sample

The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) exhaustion of administrative remedies requirements do not preempt Tennessee’s more generous exhaustion statute, The Court of Appeals of Tennessee decided February 11, 2002.

PLRA requires prisoners to properly exhaust their administrative remedies. Failure to exhaust results in dismissal of the prisoner’s ...

 

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