Ernest Lee Vaden v. K. Summerhill R.L. Gower St. Andre Chapman W.A. Duncan

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2006-06-06

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CLIFTON, Circuit Judge. Prisoners frequently file lawsuits in federal court regarding prison conditions. The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”), in 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), requires that a prisoner exhaust available administrative remedies before bringing these actions. In this case, a California state prisoner sent a complaint to the district court before he had exhau…

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