Legal Opinion

Carson Lynn Brown v. Raymond G. Toombs, Warden Peter W. Vidor, Named as Pete Vidor on Complaint, Deputy Warden Ray Palmer, Adw of Custody T. Luna

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 27, 1998No. 97-1333PublishedCited by 306 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

In this pro se prisoner ease from Michigan brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the question is whether the prisoner has sufficiently alleged in his pleadings the exhaustion of administrative remedies requirement contained in the recently enacted Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). The new statute provides in clear language that “no action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under § 1988 ... by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” The statute thus…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. White v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997

4Cited by306 opinions

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  2. Thaddeus-X and Earnest Bell, Jr. v. BlatterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
  3. Grinter v. KnightCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  4. Eduardo M. Perez v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Michael J. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  5. Wyatt v. TerhuneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003

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