Lee v. Haney

OPINION

ACREE, JUDGE:

Christopher Lee appeals pro se from the Fayette Circuit Court’s August 27, 2015 Order dismissing his petition for a declaration of rights. We must decide if the circuit court abused its discretion when it found Lee had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. We reverse and remand for additional proceedings consistent with this Opinion.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Lee was an inmate at the Blackburn Correctional Complex. While there, Officer Michael Ammons and Sergeant Marcus Christison conducted a standard area search of Lee and another inmate. The officers found a pair of…