Kozohorsky v. Harmon.

• Position: ACCESS TO COURTS - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

EXHAUSTION

PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act

Kozohorsky v. Harmon, 332 F.3d 1141 (8th Cir. 2003). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against corrections officials. The district court dismissed the action after finding that one claim against a warden had not been administratively exhausted, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). The inmate appealed, and the appeals court reversed and remanded. The appeals court held that the inmate should...