Legal Opinion
Pyles v. Nwaobasi
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2016No. 14-3289PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Christopher Pyles, a state prisoner at the Menard Correctional Center, brought a lawsuit alleging that Dr. Samuel Nwao-basi, Dr. Robert Shearing, and their employer, Wexford Health Sources, Inc., provided him constitutionally inadequate medical care. This appeal is about whether he can step up to the plate and take a cut at his case — something he may do only if he properly exhausted his administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Two grievances are at issue. Pyles does not claim to have completed the grievance procedure for either one. Instead,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Maddox v. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
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