Legal Opinion
Polansky v. McCoole
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided January 20, 2016No. 13-cv-458-JLPublished
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Christopher Polansky v. Civil No. 13-cv-458-JL Opinion No.
2016 DNH 012
Ann Marie McCoole MEMORANDUM ORDER This civil rights action turns squarely on the requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), see 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), that an inmate exhaust the Department of Corrections’s formal grievance process prior to seeking recovery under
42 U.S.C. § 1983
in federal court. By his Amended Complaint, the plaintiff, Christopher Polansky, seeks to recover for damages he allegedly suffered as a result of inadequate medical care during a…
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