Legal Opinion
Morton v. Hall
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2010No. 07-55574PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Bruce Alan Morton (“Morton”) appeals the dismissal of his Eighth Amendment 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against prison officials alleging that their deliberate indifference contributed to a violent assault on him by inmates on June 18, 2003. The district court found that Morton had failed to exhaust prison administrative remedies with regard to this claim as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
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On June 18, 2003, Morton was assaulted by unknown inmates in the…
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