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Ninth Circuit Requires Notice to Pro Se Prisoner Litigants for Motions to Dismiss for Failure to Exhaust
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2013, page 52
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 19, 2012 that district courts must give pro se prisoners notice of their rights and duties when responding to a motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
Filed under:
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA),
Civil Procedure,
Administrative Exhaustion.
Location:
Washington.
In 2008, Washington state prisoner Donald L. Stratton was assaulted by a …
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