Legal Opinion
Reed-Bey v. Pramstaller
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 28, 2010No. 08-1774PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Mark Anthony Reed-Bey, a Michigan inmate, appeals a district court’s judgment dismissing his § 1983 lawsuit against Michigan prison officials on the ground that he did not exhaust his claim. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Reed-Bey pursued his grievance through all three levels of prison review, yet he failed to identify the “names of all those involved” in the grievance, as the prison’s grievance procedures require. R.42-6 ¶ T. Because the Michigan Department of Corrections opted to dismiss his grievance on the merits rather than invoke its procedural bar, Reed-Bey…
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