Kemner v. Hemphill

ORDER

SHERRILL, United States Magistrate Judge.

This case is before me upon consent of the parties and referral by the district judge. Defendant has filed a memorandum of law, doc. 93, which will simultaneously be construed as a motion for partial judgment on the pleadings. Defendant contends that Plaintiffs claim for compensatory and punitive damages cannot survive the “physical injury” requirement of the PLRA, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e). That statute provides:

No Federal civil action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility, for mental or emotional…