Legal Opinion
Terrence Smith v. Robert Zachary, James P. Nickerson, Lieutenant, Herman S. Nelson, Graciano Arroyo, James A. Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 2001No. 99-4084PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented in this case is whether a federal prisoner must satisfy the exhaustion requirement of the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) when he claims he was beaten by prison guards. The prisoner, Terrence Smith, argues that his claim — the result of an alleged act of excessive force against him — is exempt from the PLRA’s exhaustion requirement because it’s outside the scope of the phrase “prison conditions” under the Act.
In 1996 Smith filed this suit pro se1 seeking $3.5 million in damages for allegedly being beaten, in 1995, by prison guards in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Eduardo M. Perez v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Michael J. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by100 opinions
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- Robert Foulk v. Ronald Charrier, Lieutenant Charrier Individually and in His Official Capacity, United States of America, Intervenor Below-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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