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· 6/8/2010

Little v. Jones

Citations

  • 607 F.3d 1245
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 11609
  • 2010 WL 2267816

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that the administrative review authority could not reject a grievance appeal for failure to comply with the procedures for an initial grievance
  • holding that exhaustion is not required “[w]here prison officials prevent, thwart, or hinder a prisoner’s efforts to avail himself of an administrative remedy”
  • holding that exhaustion is not required “[w]here prison officials prevent, thwart, or hinder a prisoner’s efforts to avail himself of an administrative remedy”
  • noting that OP-090124 does not grant the administrative review authority the ability to reject a grievance appeal for including more than one issue
  • noting that the policy permitted the reviewing authority to reject a grievance with more than one issue, implying that the administrative review officer did not have that authority
  • stating that under the PLRA “a prisoner must exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing a lawsuit regarding prison conditions in federal court”

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Judges: Tacha, Kelly, Hartz

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