U.S. appeals court exhaustion PLRA-Prison litigation reform act.

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Curry v. Scott 249 F.3d 493 (6th Cir. 2001). African-American inmates at a state prison sued corrections officers and supervisors under [section] 1983 alleging violation of their Eighth Amendment rights. Defendants' motions to dismiss and for summary judgment were granted in part by the district court and the inmates appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded. The inmates had alleged that a correctional officer assaulted them on two different occasions. The appeals court held that an issue of fact regarding whether the officer's supervisors actually knew he posed a substantial risk of serious harm to prison inmates precluded summary judgment for the supervisors. The court noted that...