Concepcion v. Morton

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), 110 Stat. 1321-73, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), provides that a prisoner confined in any jail, prison or correctional facility may not bring any action under any federal law — with respect to prison conditions — “until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” The issue in this case is whether the PLRA’s exhaustion requirement applies to a grievance procedure de scribed in an inmate handbook but not formally adopted by a state administrative agency. We hold that it does.…