Rodger Thornton v. Donald N. Snyder, Jr., Director, James M. Schomig, Warden, and Captain Josh J. Shettleworth

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• holding that a prisoner need not appeal a favorable resolution to his grievance to satisfy the PLRA's exhaustion requirements
• holding that a prisoner was not required to “appeal grievances that were resolved as he requested and where money damages were not available.”
• recognizing that “due process prohibits the denial of access to the courts”
• finding that “district court did not abuse its discretion in conducting [prisoner’s civil rights] trial by video-conference”
• noting that jury viewed a four-way screen with views of judge, plaintiff, witnesses, and defense counsel
• considering the nature of the plaintiffs claim in upholding trial court’s decision to conduct trial by video conference

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).