Legal Opinion
Smeltzer v. Hook
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided August 29, 2002No. 4:02-cv-00137PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MCKEAGUE, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action brought by a state prisoner pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996) (“PLRA”), “no action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions ... until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Because Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate exhaustion of available administrative remedies, the Court will dismiss his complaint without prejudice.
Discussion
I. Factual Allegations
Plaintiff is currently incarcerated in the Brooks…
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