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· 8/18/2004

Abney v. Mcginnis

Citations

  • 380 F.3d 663
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 17238

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “To be ‘available’ under the PLRA, a remedy must afford ‘the possibility of some relief for the action complained of.’ ”
  • “[E]xhaustion may be achieved in situations where prison officials fail to timely advance the inmate’s grievance or otherwise prevent -14- him from seeking his administrative remedies . . . .”
  • “To be ‘available’ under the PLRA, a remedy must afford the possibility of some relief for the action complained of.”
  • administrative remedies not available to plaintiff who discovered that favorable grievance decision was not being implemented until well after deadline for filing grievance appeal had passed
  • “[E]xhaustion -14- may be achieved in situations where prison officials fail to timely advance the inmate’s grievance or otherwise prevent him from seeking his administrative remedies . . . .”
  • “A prisoner 22 Case 2:11-cv-00518-TLN-KJN Document 251 Filed 08/12/21 Page 23 of 86 1 who has not received promised relief is not required to file a new grievance where doing so may result in a never-ending cycle of 2 exhaustion.”

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