Miller v. Tanner

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Tracy Miller, a Georgia prison inmate, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim because he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act, see 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (Supp. II 1996). We find that Miller did exhaust the administrative remedies set forth in the Georgia Department of Corrections’ (the “GDC”) procedures. 1 Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment.

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In his complaint, filed with the district court on May 22, 1996, Miller alleged that upon arriving at Hays…