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Article • May 24, 2015
Parole Hearings Are "Prison Conditions" Subject to Exhaustion by Parole Hearings Are "Prison Conditions" Subject to Exhaustion The U.S. District Court for the Eighth Circuit has held that challenges to parole hearings implicate "prison conditions" and thus are subject to the administrative exhaustion requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act …
An Expanding Strike Zone (Coleman-Bey PLRA Report), Alliance for Justice, 2015 An Expanding Strike Zone: Coleman-Bey and the Future of Civil Protections for Prison Inmates For years, Alliance for Justice has warned of the conservative-led campaign to restrict access to justice.1 From forced arbitration, to restricting medical malpractice claims, to …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Fifth Circuit Holds Prison Officials Need Not be Named in Grievances by Matthew Clarke Fifth Circuit Holds Prison Officials Need Not be Named in Grievances by Matt Clarke On November 15, 2013, in an unpublished decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the summary dismissal of a Texas prisoner’s …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Ninth Circuit: Exhaustion Prior to Amended Complaint Satisfies PLRA by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: Exhaustion Prior to Amended Complaint Satisfies PLRA by Mark Wilson On January 14, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that claims raised in an amended complaint satisfy administrative exhaustion requirements under the Prison Litigation …
Article • October 5, 2014
Fifth Circuit: Exhaustion Mandatory Prior to Filing § 1983 Suit by Fifth Circuit: Exhaustion Mandatory Prior to Filing § 1983 Suit   On December 12, 2012, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that exhaustion of administrative remedies must be completed prior to the filing of a civil rights action …
Kentucky Prisoner’s First and Fifth Amendment Case Reinstated by Sixth Circuit by Derek Gilna Kentucky Prisoner’s First and Fifth Amendment Case Reinstated by Sixth Circuit   by Derek Gilna   Federal prisoner David Wayne Baker filed a “Bivins” suit against his warden and other prison mail clerks for violations of …
Article • October 5, 2014
Ninth Circuit: Subjective Unawareness Insufficient to Excuse Non-Exhaustion by Ninth Circuit: Subjective Unawareness Insufficient to Excuse Non-Exhaustion   The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that subjective unawareness of a grievance procedure does not render the administrative remedy "unavailable" under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). The prisoner must prove, …
Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Dooms 7th Circuit Prisoner Suit by Derek Gilna Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Dooms 7th Circuit Prisoner Suit   By Derek Gilna   The §1983 civil rights complaint filed by Wisconsin state prisoner, James R. Schultz, has been dismissed by the 7th Circuit Court of …
How Prisoners' Rights Lawyers are Preserving the Role of the Courts Margo Schlanger 2014 How Prisoners’ Rights Lawyers Are Preserving the Role of the Courts by Margo Schlanger DRAFT: August 11, 2014 This article canvasses prisoners’ lawyers strategies prompted by the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act. The strategies not only …
Article • July 11, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Judge May Resolve Exhaustion Issue; No Policy on Grievance Non-decisions Means Remedies Unavailable by David Reutter Judge May Resolve Exhaustion Issue; No Policy on Grievance Non-decisions Means Remedies Unavailable by David Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 26, 2013 that a judge may resolve factual disputes …
Trends in Prison Litigation and the PLRA Margo Schlanger U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 2014 Schlanger, Trends in Prisoner Litigation, DRAFT October 2, 2014, page 1 of 23 Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood by Margo Schlanger* Forthcoming, U.C. IRVINE L. REV. (2015) The Prison Litigation Reform Act …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
D.C. Circuit Holds PLRA’s Exhaustion Requirement Inapplicable to Former Prisoner by The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has held that the administrative exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) does not apply to suits filed by persons who are no longer incarcerated. The lawsuit …
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Disabled Prisoner's Deliberate Indifference Claim by On November 5, 2012, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a disabled prisoner with limited English proficiency who alleged that prison officials violated his constitutional rights by failing to honor a doctor’s order to …
Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards Finally in Effect, but Will They be Effective? by Alex Friedmann "Sexual abuse is not an inevitable feature of incarceration. Leadership matters because corrections administrators can create a culture within facilities that promotes safety instead of one that tolerates abuse." – National Prison Rape Elimination …
Ninth Circuit Requires Notice to Pro Se Prisoner Litigants for Motions to Dismiss for Failure to Exhaust by 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 …
Article • August 15, 2013
PLRA Administrative Exhaustion an Affirmative Defense by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Circuit) has reversed a District Court dismissal of a prisoner civil rights action for not showing that available administrative remedies were exhausted before suit was filed. In 1999, Rodney Anderson began serving time …
Premature Appeal Not Frivolous Under PLRA by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s (PLRA’s) “three strikes” provision does not encompass a dismissal for filing a premature notice of appeal. New York prisoner Injah E. Tafari brought a civil rights action in September 2000, …
Article • August 15, 2013
Indiana Overcrowding Suit Certified as Class Action; Grievances Specific Enough to Satisfy PLRA by A federal court in Indiana certified a jail overcrowding case as a class action. It also found that Plaintiff adequately exhausted his claims. In January, 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana brought suit …
Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Due to Non-Exhaustion and Statute of Limitations by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's summary judgment order that erroneously dismissed a Michigan prisoner's lawsuit for non-exhaustion and because it was time-barred. On November 30, 2005, Michigan state prisoner Samuel Surles …
Publication • 2013
Federal Administrative Grievance Guide ASL Version Washington Lawyers' Committee 2013 AN INMATE’S GUIDE TO ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY REQUESTS AT FEDERAL PRISONS This Guide has been created by the D.C. Prisoners’ Project of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. It is not intended to replace the advice of …
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