Legal Opinion
Timothy Booth v. Churner, C.O. Workensher, Sgt. Rikus, Lt. W. Gardner, Capt
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 7, 2000No. 97-7487, 97-7488PublishedCited by 308 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
This appeal by Timothy Booth from an order of the District Court dismissing his prisoner’s civil rights action presents two important questions about the meaning of the mandatory administrative exhaustion requirement in the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (the PLRA). Booth alleges that while he was confined in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institute at Smithfield, several prison guards, on several occasions, punched him in the face, threw cleaning material in his face, shoved him into a *291shelf, and tightened and twisted his…
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3Cited by308 opinions
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