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Civil Rights: Inmate Action-Exhaustion of Remedies
Staff Report//April 27, 2020
Where an inmate from Arkansas challenged the dismissal of his civil rights action, the district court properly granted summary judgment to the defendants based on the inmate’s failure to exhaust his administrative remedies.
Judgment is affirmed.
Robertson v. Pace (MLW No. 74846/Case No. 19-2693 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas.
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