Legal Opinion
Langford v. Couch
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 15, 1999No. CIV. A. 98-1502-AMPublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
This pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action presents the question, unresolved in this circuit, whether inmates seeking solely monetary relief are required to exhaust their administrative remedies in a prison grievance system that does not award monetary damages. For the reasons that follow, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), correctly construed, requires inmates seeking solely monetary damages to exhaust’all administrative remedies notwithstanding that such remedies do not include money damages.
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This action grows out of an attack by one inmate on another. Plaintiff, the…
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