State of Iowa v. Chris William Kelly, Jr.

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• noting that administrative remedies may be unavailable “to an inmate incapacitated by a stroke”
• discussing an inmate’s ability to understand the process in light of his IQ, as well as the possibility the inmate was given misinformation about the process
• collecting case law finding the grievance proceeding unavailable based on an inmate’s inability to write on his own, incapacitation by a stroke, or impairment by a serious mental health issue
• explaining district court is only obligated to conduct a Pavey hearing if the plaintiff points to “sufficient factual allegations demonstrating a genuine dispute as to whether the administrative remedies were available to him.”
• finding administrative grievance despite his 21 attempts between 2005 and 2002
• “A court can grant a motion for summary judgment without holding a Pavey hearing only if, after taking the facts in the light most favorable to the nonmovant ([Plaintiff]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).