Rourke v. Thompson

BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue before us is whether a federal prison inmate must exhaust the Bureau of Prisons’ administrative remedies before he may attempt to secure injunctive relief in federal court. John Francis Rourke challenges the dismissal of his petition by the district court, contending that it erred in requiring such exhaustion. We AFFIRM.

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Rourke, incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute in Seagoville, Texas, filed a pro se, in forma pauperis petition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, alleging that prison officials denied him adequate medical care and…