Hubbs v. Suffolk County Sheriff's Department

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• explaining that “vague and conclusory statements in [an] affidavit” are insufficient to defeat summary judgment
• explaining that defendants bear the burden of proof, but plaintiffs can overcome a showing of non-exhaustion by putting on their own evidence
• holding “administrative remedies may . . . be deemed unavailable if the plaintiff can demonstrate other factors—for example, threats from correction officers—rendered a nominally available procedure unavailable”
• first citing Mojias v. Johnson, 351 F.3d 606, 610 (2d Cir. 2003), then citing Snider v. Melindez, 199 F.3d 108, 114 (2d Cir. 1999)
• “Whether an administrative remedy was available to a prisoner in a particular prison or prison system is ultimately a question of law, even when it contains factual elements.”
• “Whether an administrative remedy was available to a prisoner in a particular prison or prison system is ultimately a question of law, even when it contains factual elements.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).