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Seventh Circuit Interprets "Brought" As Used 42 U.S.C. § 1197e(a)
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2005, page 35
Seventh Circuit Interprets "Brought" As Used 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a)
Filed under:
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA),
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Complaints.
Location:
Illinois.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has interpreted the word "brought" in 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) to mean "when the complaint is tendered to the district clerk." The court then used that interpretation to affirm a district ...
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