Douglas Nyhuis v. Janet Reno, Attorney General Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General Kathleen Hawk, Director-Bop John Hahn, Warden

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• noting that failure to exhaust can be excused by “substantial” compliance with the grievance rules
• holding, that exhaustion under the PLRA is not subject to a “futility exception.”
• noting that the PLRA “completely precludes a futility exception”
• \The very nature of [inmate-plaintiffs'] complaints necessitates that courts expend significant and scarce judicial resources to review and refine the nature of the legal claims presented.\
• “Congress clearly intended to sweep Bivens actions into the auspices of § 1997e(a) when it enacted the PLRA.”
• “[I]t is beyond the power of this court—or any other—to excuse compliance with the exhaustion requirement, whether on the ground of futility, inadequacy or any other basis.”

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