Darreyll Thomas v. Michael Reese

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• finding administrative remedies were unavailable to inmate who was told numerous times by prison staff that he could not have grievance form
• “Because exhaustion is an affirmative defense, the defendants must establish that an administrative remedy was available and that [the plaintiff] failed to pursue it.”
• “Because exhaustion is an affirmative defense, the defendants must establish that an administrative remedy was available and that [the plaintiff] failed to pursue it.”
• remedies unavailable where correctional officer tells prisoner that prisoner cannot file grievance when in fact prisoner can do so
• remedies unavailable where correctional officer tells prisoner that prisoner cannot file grievance when in fact prisoner can do so
• remedies unavailable where prisoner did not have access to grievance handbook in segre- gation and correctional officer tells prisoner that prisoner cannot file grievance when in fact pris- oner can do so

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).