Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Ledford v. Circuit Court for Dane County
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided June 10, 1999No. 99-0939-WPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtDykman, P. J.
William N. Ledford petitions this court for a supervisory writ directing the circuit court of Dane County, the Honorable Richard J. Callaway presiding, to grant his petition to waive the fees and costs associated with his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. The circuit court denied Ledford's petition after concluding that he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies *770by not filing a notice of claim under § 893.82, STATS.1 Ledford argues that while the statutory notice-of-claim procedures may result in settlement, they do not qualify as an "administrative remedy" under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). He…
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