Legal Opinion
King v. Iowa Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 26, 2010No. 09-1912PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
James King, an inmate at the Newton Correctional Facility (NCF), was a member of an inmate crew ordered to clean up effluents after a clogged toilet in one of the cells caused a floor drain in the common area to overflow. He filed multiple inmate grievances as a result of this incident and, some two months later, commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking money damages and court-ordered testing for diseases. The district court 1 dismissed the action, concluding that King failed to exhaust “such [prison] remedies as are available.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). King…
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