Jacob Townsend v. Terry Murphy

STRAS, Circuit Judge.

Jacob Townsend, an inmate at Arkansas's Tucker Unit prison, sued three prison officials for requiring him to work with deadly chlorine gas without proper training and safety gear. The district court granted summary judgment to the officials based on Townsend's failure to exhaust his administrative remedies. Because an administrative remedy was unavailable against one of the officials, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I

To comply with the first step of the prison's administrative procedures, Townsend submitted an informal written complaint to Sergeant Jeavon…