Shell v. Brzezniak

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “[i]nmate grievance programs created by state law are not required by the Constitution” and, as a consequence, “allegations that prison officials violated those procedures does not give rise to a cognizable § 1983 claim”
• finding no personal involvement where sole complaint is that supervisory officials ignored letter alleging unconstitutional conduct
• dismissing the plaintiff's Eighth Amendment claim against officer because decision to refuse to allow medical staff to remove handcuffs did not pose an excessive risk to the plaintiff's health or safety
• “The First Amendment is not implicated ... where prison officials deny an inmate access to grievance procedures.”
• “[ijnmate grievance programs created by state law are not required by the Constitution. and consequently allegations that prison officials violated those procedures does not give rise to a cognizable § 1983 claim”
• “Inmate grievance programs created by state law are not required by the Constitution and consequently allegations that prison officials violated those procedures does not give rise to a cognizable § 1983 claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).