Porter v. Nussle

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• holding that the exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applied to an inmate’s claims that he was beaten by corrections officers without justification
• holding that exhaustion of administrative remedies, pursuant to PLRA, is required for all prisoner suits seeking redress for prison circumstances or occurrences
• holding that “the PLRA’s exhaustion requirement applies to all inmate suits about prison life, whether they involve general circumstances or particular episodes, and whether they allege excessive force or some other wrong”
• holding that the statutory reference to \prison conditions\ should be construed to include episodic events — such as excessive force claims — as well as general circumstances
• holding that the PRLA’s exhaustion provision is a prerequisite to all federal lawsuits by inmates concerning prison conditions
• holding that the exhaustion requirement applies to all inmate suits about prison life including allegations of excessive force

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