National Labor Relations Board v. Dean

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a plaintiff under the PLRA “cannot recover damages for mental or emotional injury for a constitutional violation in the absence of a showing of actual physical injury”
• holding section 1997e(e) does not preclude injunctive relief or nominal damages
• concluding “[s]ection 1997e(e) applies to all federal civil actions including claims alleging constitutional violations”
• finding that if a liberal reading of a pro se litigant’s complaint “gives any indication that a valid claim might be stated,” a court should afford the litigant at least one opportunity to amend
• holding section 1997e(e) does not preclude injunctive relief or nominal damages
• holding section 1997e(e) does not preclude injunc-tive relief or nominal damages

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