43 Cited authorities

  1. Jones v. Bock

    549 U.S. 199 (2007)   Cited 12,711 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that PLRA exhaustion is mandatory, and prisoners cannot bring unexhausted claims into federal court
  2. Ross v. Blake

    578 U.S. 632 (2016)   Cited 6,412 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, other than the requirement that a remedy be "available," the text of the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA") "suggests no limits on an inmate's obligation to exhaust -- irrespective of any ‘special circumstances’ "
  3. Booth v. Churner

    532 U.S. 731 (2001)   Cited 11,076 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prisoner had to exhaust available administrative procedures even though they could not result in the relief he sought, namely damages
  4. Los Angeles v. Lyons

    461 U.S. 95 (1983)   Cited 7,495 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold
  5. Olim v. Wakinekona

    461 U.S. 238 (1983)   Cited 4,716 times
    Holding that the discretionary nature of the prison decision at issue negated any state-created liberty interest in the prison regulations that required a particular kind of hearing before the decision could be made
  6. Meachum v. Fano

    427 U.S. 215 (1976)   Cited 6,564 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an inmate lacked due process protections in his transfer between prisons, resulting in a reclassification to maximum security, because the transfer was "within the normal limits or range of custody which the conviction has authorized the State to impose"
  7. Ingraham v. Wright

    430 U.S. 651 (1977)   Cited 4,005 times
    Holding that reasonable "corporal punishment serves important educational interests" and is therefore permissible in public schools
  8. Hare v. City of Corinth

    74 F.3d 633 (5th Cir. 1996)   Cited 1,587 times
    Holding that the state owes a duty under the Due Process Clause "to provide both pretrial detainees and convicted inmates with basic human needs, including medical care and protection from harm, during their confinement "
  9. Brown v. Callahan

    623 F.3d 249 (5th Cir. 2010)   Cited 648 times
    Holding that plaintiff has burden of rebutting qualified-immunity defense once defendant raises it
  10. Maryland v. King

    567 U.S. 1301 (2012)   Cited 191 times
    Finding irreparable harm while acknowledging respondent's argument that petitioner's "eight-week delay in applying for a stay undermine[d] its allegation of irreparable harm" was a "sound point[]"
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 485,656 times   688 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. Section 1997e - Suits by prisoners

    42 U.S.C. § 1997e   Cited 53,620 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prisoners must exhaust "available" administrative remedies before filing suit in federal court