Ngo v. Woodford, No. 03-16042 (9th Cir.) (403 F.3d 620) (March 24, 2005) (Judge Harry Pregerson)
This decision examined the PLRA's strict exhaustion requirements; and it held that a prison’s administrative grievance proceeding “can in no way be the ‘main event’ in a prisoner’s attempt to have a constitutional violation redressed.”.
Viet Mike Ngo, who is serving a life sentence in the California state prison system, ...
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