Shaidon Blake v. Micheal Ross, Sgt.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER joined. Judge AGEE wrote a dissenting opinion.

*695GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

Inmate Shaidon Blake appeals the district court’s summary dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Appellee Lieutenant Michael Ross on the ground that Blake failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Because we hold that Blake reasonably believed that he had sufficiently exhausted his remedies by complying with an internal…