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· 12/9/2005

Roosevelt Burrell v. Marvin Powers

Citations

  • 431 F.3d 282
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 26902
  • 2005 WL 3336517

How courts have described this case

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

  • discussing exhaustion requirements applicable to inmate grievances being brought in federal court
  • “The record makes clear that [the prisoner] never appealed fully the denial of his grievances and, therefore, failed to exhaust his administrative remedies.”
  • “[A] prisoner must file complaints and appeals in the place, and at the time, the prison’s administrative rules require.” (citation omitted)
  • exhaustion requires the prisoner to “file complaints and appeals in the place, and at the time, the prison’s administrative rules require”
  • “failure to take a timely administrative appeal within the state systems means that [an inmate] has failed to exhaust his state remedies for purposes of § 1997e(a)”
  • “For a prisoner to exhaust his remedies within the meaning of § 1997e(a), he must ‘file complaints and appeals in the place, and at the time, the prison’s administrative rules require”’

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Judges: Ripple, Kanne, Wood

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