Legal Opinion · Dissent
Bryant v. Rich
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 2008No. 06-11116, 06-12290Published
1DissentWilson, Circuit Judge
I concur in the majority’s opinion with respect to Gregory Bryant. I do not think, however, that the majority’s opinion in Part II-A can be reconciled with the recent Supreme Court decision in Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 127 S.Ct. 910, 166 L.Ed.2d 798 (2007).
In Jones, the Chief Justice, writing for a unanimous Supreme Court, overturned several judicially-created procedural rules adopted by courts to implement the PLRA’s exhaustion requirement. Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 127 S.Ct. 910, 166 L.Ed.2d 798 (2007). Several circuits had begun treating exhaustion under the PLRA as a special…
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- Jones v. BockSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Porter v. NussleSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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- Wyatt v. TerhuneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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