Legal Opinion
Woodford v. Ngo
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 2006No. 05-416PublishedCited by 8,011 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
This case presents the question whether a prisoner can satisfy the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s exhaustion requirement, 42 U. S. C. § 1997e(a), by filing an untimely or otherwise procedurally defective administrative grievance or *84appeal. We hold that proper exhaustion of administrative remedies is necessary.
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Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), 110 Stat. 1321-71, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1997e et seq., in 1996 in the wake of a sharp rise in prisoner litigation in the federal courts, see, e. g., Alexander v. Hawk, 159 F. 3d 1321, 1324-1325 (CA11 1998) (citing…
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