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Grievance System Sham
This letter is directed specifically at inmates within the Florida Department of Corrections, but may be of interest to any prisoner utilizing the grievance procedure in their state.
If the grievance procedure is "certified," as it is in the State of Florida, exhausting administrative remedies is required by the state ...
If the grievance procedure is "certified," as it is in the State of Florida, exhausting administrative remedies is required by the state ...
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- Censoring Legal Mail States Claim
- Bar on Access to Court Records Struck Down
- Court Access for Spanish Speakers
- Pro Se Detainee Has Access Rights
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- Florida Builds More Prisons
- ACLU Reaches Accord With Hawaii in Prison Case
- NY Re-Examines Tough Drug Laws
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- Right to Hot Water Clearly Established
- Research Directory
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- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
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- Families Against Mandatory Minimums
- Professionalism at Purdy Women's Prison, by Vicki McLemore
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- Cops Shaft Informant
- Murderer Fired From Prison Job, by Paul Wright
- PA Women File Suit Over Property
- Some Food for Thought: Prisoners Are Not Inmates, by Ojore Lutalo
- Grievance System Sham, by John Gerteisen
- Needs Haircut Information, by John Harris
- Prison Flooded
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- Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement, Jan. 1, 2024. Failure to Protect (General), Fire Hazards, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Evidentiary Ruling, Administrative Exhaustion.
- Florida Prisoners Not Required to File Rulemaking Petition to Satisfy PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, Jan. 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion, RLUIPA, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Right to Grow a Beard.
- Fourth Circuit: Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Making Rehabilitation Act Claim Must Exhaust Both BOP Grievance Process and Justice Department’s EEO Complaint Process, Aug. 15, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Rehabilitation Act.
- Seventh Circuit Allows Illinois Prisoner to Prove Administrative Remedy Was “Unavailable” in Double-Celling Complaint, June 15, 2023. Overcrowding, Administrative Exhaustion, Administrative Procedures Act (State).
- Ninth Circuit: Grievance Policy May Excuse Oregon Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, May 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Exhaustion of Remedies.
- New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Both Prisoners and Nonprofit Plaintiffs Subject to Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, April 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion.
- Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion, April 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Electronically Stored Information, Access Devices.
- Second Circuit: N.Y. Detainee Didn’t Fail to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Jail Grievance Procedure Excluded Matter Forming Basis of Claim, Jan. 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances.
- Ninth Circuit: New Suit Not Required After Curing Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, Nov. 30, 2022. Administrative Exhaustion, Exhaustion of Remedies.
- Federal Habeas Corpus: Post-Filing Procedures in Seeking Habeas Relief, May 15, 2022. Administrative Exhaustion, Habeas Corpus.