Legal Opinion
Dwight E. Freeman v. Warden Francis Corrections Officer Shoemaker Nurse Kent
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1999No. 98-4288PublishedCited by 416 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Dwight E. Freeman, an inmate at Correctional Medical Center, brought an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants, all employees of the Medical Center, in their individual capacities. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies in accordance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 19976(a). 1 Plaintiff contends that he is not required to exhaust the prison’s administrative remedies because (1) his excessive force claim does not involve a “prison condition” within the meaning of §…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gustafson v. Alloyd Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Eduardo M. Perez v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Michael J. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- McCarthy v. BronsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Carson Lynn Brown v. Raymond G. Toombs, Warden Peter W. Vidor, Named as Pete Vidor on Complaint, Deputy Warden Ray Palmer, Adw of Custody T. LunaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Commissioner v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by416 opinions
- Porter v. NussleSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Booth v. ChurnerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Keith Harbin-Bey v. Lyle RutterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- McKinney v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Greg Curry v. David ScottCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
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