Booth v. Churner, No. 99-1964 (U.S. Supreme Court) (532 U.S. 731; 121 S.Ct. 1819) (May 29, 2001) (Justice Souter)
Here the Court resolved a long-standing Circuit split and held that 42 USC § 1997e(a) requires a prisoner to exhaust all available prison grievance procedures before commencing suit in Federal courts applies even when seeking monetary damages.
For several years now a conflict has simmered in the Circuits about the ...
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