Legal Opinion
Michael Rinaldi v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 12, 2018No. 16-1080PublishedCited by 513 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAUSE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Michael Rinaldi, who at all relevant times was an inmate in custody at United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg ("Lewisburg" or the "Institution"), appeals the District Court's dismissal of his complaint 1 alleging that the conduct of various personnel violated his constitutional and statutory rights. His appeal requires us to resolve three matters of first impression for our Court: (1) what showing an inmate must make to establish that administrative remedies were not "available" within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"); (2) whether the…
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