Israel Santiago-Lugo v. Warden

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a failure to exhaust in a § 2241 proceeding is not jurisdictional, but is still judicially required
• holding that courts reviewing §2241 petitions may not “disregard a failure to exhaust and grant relief on the merits if the respondent properly asserts the defense”
• holding that courts reviewing §2241 petitions may not “disregard a failure to exhaust and grant relief on the merits if the respondent properly asserts the defense”
• stating that “[t]he exhaustion requirement is still a requirement; it’s just not a jurisdictional one
• noting that exhaustion is not jurisdictional and that courts can deny relief on the merits without considering exhaustion
• stating that “[t]he exhaustion requirement is still a requirement; it’s just not a jurisdictional one

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