U.S. district court: PLRA--Prison Litigation Reform Act exhaustion; Jenkins v. Raub.

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Jenkins v. Raub, 310 F.Supp.2d 502 (W.D.N.Y. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action, alleging that he had been assaulted by correctional officers. The district court denied summary judgment for the officers, finding that the inmate had satisfied the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) exhaustion requirement, even though he may not have technically exhausted the state's prescribed procedures. The court noted that the inmate had made both formal...