Legal Opinion
Rodosvaldo Pozo v. Gary McCaughtry Randall Gerritson, and David Hautamaki
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 2002No. 01-3623PublishedCited by 2,573 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal, by permission under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), presents a single question: Whether a prisoner’s neglect to take a timely administrative appeal within the state system means that he has failed to exhaust state remedies for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). The district court, acting through a magistrate judge following consent under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), answered “no.” The magistrate judge reasoned that a prisoner exhausts his state remedies by taking all steps that the state requires, whether or not the prisoner complies with the state’s rules for…
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