Legal Opinion
Grady Davis v. F. Hernandez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2015No. 14-10040PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES L. DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
Grady Allen Davis is a Texas inmate who claims in this case that jail staff used excessive force against him, causing him injury and violating his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants because Davis failed to satisfy the statutory prerequisite under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of exhausting available administrative remedies prior to filing suit. We hold that, because there is evidence in the record that jail staff misled Davis as to the jail’s grievance procedures and there is no evidence that Davis knew or…
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