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Eighth Circuit: Procedurally Defaulted Grievances Decided on Merits are Considered Exhausted
Loaded on March 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2013, page 52
On June 15, 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s claims related to inadequate medical care.Missouri state prisoner Mark E. Hammett, while housed at the Jefferson County Correctional Center, filed a federal lawsuit alleging insufficient medical care, retaliation and harassment claims. ...
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