Legal Opinion
Risher v. Lappin
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 21, 2011No. 09-5370PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Richard Risher, a federal prisoner, filed a Bivens action against employees of the Federal Correctional Institute in Memphis (“FCI-Memphis”), alleging that they violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment through deliberate indifference to his medical needs. He now challenges the district court’s ruling that he failed to exhaust administrative remedies, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, and the resulting grant of summary judgment for defendants Dr. Nahem Naimey and Dr. E.J.…
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