Brian Paladino v. K. Newsome

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

Brian Paladino, an inmate at New Jersey State Prison (the "Prison"), filed a section 1983 civil rights action against various Prison employees alleging a number of constitutional claims. The District Court granted summary judgment on many of his claims after finding that he failed to exhaust administrative remedies, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In so doing, the District Court-without notifying the parties-relied on our decision in Small v. Camden Cnty. 1 to resolve the exhaustion issue based on the record alone.

While we affirm…