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Incapacitation Good Cause for Untimely Exhaustion Under PLRA

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that physical incapacitation constitutes good cause for failure to exhaust administrative remedies within the time frame set by prison officials. As such remedies are not “available” within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) when a prisoner is physically unable ...

 

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