Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Yates
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 2008No. 07-10518PublishedCited by 467 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal of the dismissal with prejudice of a complaint by a prisoner, Lawrence W. Douglas, against four prison officials presents two questions: (1) whether the limitation of prisoners’ complaints for emotional injury under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e), deprived the district court of subject-matter jurisdiction to consider whether Douglas’s complaint states a claim for relief; and (2) whether the district court erred when it concluded that Douglas’s complaint fails to state a claim for relief. Douglas’s complaint alleges that prison officials…
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