Hock v. Thipedeau.

• Position: GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, PRISONER - Violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

EXHAUSTION

PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act

Hock v. Thipedeau, 238 F.Supp.2d 446 (D.Conn. 2002). A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action against a prison official alleging her Eighth Amendment rights had been violated. A district court jury entered a verdict in favor of the inmate and the official asked the court to set aside the verdict. The district court denied the motion, finding that the inmate had exhausted her administrative remedies before filing suit, and that the inmate was not precluded from recovering nominal and punitive damages even though she...