Legal Opinion
Moliere Dimanche, Jr. v. Jerry Brown
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 17, 2015No. 12-13694PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENTHAL, District Judge:
The Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), requires state-prison in-' mates suing prison officials for federal civil-rights violations first to exhaust the state’s administrative remedies. Although federal law sets the exhaustion requirement, state law determines what steps are required to exhaust. The first steps in Florida’s prescribed grievance process are to submit an informal, then a formal, grievance to designated officials within the correctional institution. A Florida inmate may bypass this requirement and submit a grievance directly to the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Bryant v. RichCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
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