George Wyatt v. Michael Leonard Geri Mangas Mario Marroquin Lt. Pierce Burton L. Cronk B.G. Hummel C/o Walters, Sgt. Hefner

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• holding that, though not jurisdictional, the -requirement that administrative remedies be exhausted remains mandatory
• applying the PLRA’s exhaustion requirement to a § 1983 claim where inmate alleged that prison guards failed to protect him from sexual assault by his cellmate
• “A purpose of the [PLRA] was to insure that prisons have notice of' complaints and are given the opportunity to respond to prisoner complaints, particularly legitimate complaints, so that injuries are prevented in the future.”
• “The 1996 Act is designed to deter to timely file his grievance — he submitted it five months frivolous lawsuits . . . .”
• “The non- grievability of [a claim] through the grievance process makes that remedy unavailable under the PLRA, and thus he does not have to pursue that remedy to exhaust his claim.”
• “[t]he exhaustion requirement in the [PLRA] governs the timing of a federal action by a prisoner, not whether the 3 See supra note 2. court has the power to hear the suit”

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