Legal Opinion
Jones v. Bock
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 22, 2007No. 05-7058PublishedCited by 10,441 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
In an effort to address the large number of prisoner complaints filed in federal court, Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), 110 Stat. 1321-71, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1997e et seq. Among other reforms, the PLRA mandates early judicial screening of prisoner complaints and requires prisoners to exhaust prison grievance procedures before filing suit. 28 U. S. C. § 1915A; 42 U. S. C. § 1997e(a). The Sixth Circuit, along with some other lower courts, adopted several procedural rules designed to imple ment this exhaustion requirement and facilitate early judicial…
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