12 Cited authorities

Farmer v. Brennan
511 U.S. 825 (1994) Cited 56,947 times 19 Legal Analyses
Holding that the deliberate indifference standard utilized for a conditions of confinement claim "is inappropriate . . . when officials stand accused of using excessive physical force."
Ross v. Blake
578 U.S. 632 (2016) Cited 6,789 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’ "
Wilson v. Seiter
501 U.S. 294 (1991) Cited 15,238 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that conditions of confinement violate the Eighth Amendment when they combine to "have a mutually enforcing effect that produces the deprivation of a single, identifiable human need"
Rhodes v. Chapman
452 U.S. 337 (1981) Cited 14,267 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that prisoners are entitled to "the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities"
Brown v. Plata
563 U.S. 493 (2011) Cited 804 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that, where prison overcrowding was due to state budget shortfalls, a court-mandated prison-population limit was "necessary to remedy the violation of prisoners' constitutional rights" under the Prison Litigation Reform Act
Little v. Jones
607 F.3d 1245 (10th Cir. 2010) Cited 755 times
Holding that exhaustion is not required "[w]here prison officials prevent, thwart, or hinder a prisoner's efforts to avail himself of an administrative remedy"
Aquilar-Avellaveda v. Terrell
478 F.3d 1223 (10th Cir. 2007) Cited 737 times
Holding that the district court erred by asking the inmate to supplement the record on exhaustion
Lyon v. Vande Krol
305 F.3d 806 (8th Cir. 2002) Cited 205 times
Holding that dismissal under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e was required, even though case had gone to trial, as inmate had failed to exhaust administrative remedies
Battle v. Anderson
564 F.2d 388 (10th Cir. 1977) Cited 200 times
Holding that the "contemporary standards of human decency" embodied in the Eighth Amendment require 60 square feet of space per prisoner in cells and 75 square feet per prisoner in dormitories, as suggested by American Public Health Association standards
New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Anderson
888 F.2d 646 (10th Cir. 1989) Cited 31 times 2 Legal Analyses
Finding newspaper articles inadmissible hearsay and not admissible under opposing party admission or residual exception
Rule 72 - Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 Cited 173,409 times 20 Legal Analyses
Granting a party fourteen days to object to a Magistrate Judge's non-dispositive order
Section 1997 - Definitions
42 U.S.C. § 1997 Cited 2,493 times 2 Legal Analyses
Requiring exhaustion of "such administrative remedies as are available"

Savage v. Fallin et al

12 Cited authorities

Holding that the deliberate indifference standard utilized for a conditions of confinement claim "is inappropriate . . . when officials stand accused of using excessive physical force."

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’ "

Holding that conditions of confinement violate the Eighth Amendment when they combine to "have a mutually enforcing effect that produces the deprivation of a single, identifiable human need"

Holding that prisoners are entitled to "the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities"

Holding that, where prison overcrowding was due to state budget shortfalls, a court-mandated prison-population limit was "necessary to remedy the violation of prisoners' constitutional rights" under the Prison Litigation Reform Act

Holding that exhaustion is not required "[w]here prison officials prevent, thwart, or hinder a prisoner's efforts to avail himself of an administrative remedy"

Holding that the district court erred by asking the inmate to supplement the record on exhaustion

Holding that dismissal under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e was required, even though case had gone to trial, as inmate had failed to exhaust administrative remedies

Holding that the "contemporary standards of human decency" embodied in the Eighth Amendment require 60 square feet of space per prisoner in cells and 75 square feet per prisoner in dormitories, as suggested by American Public Health Association standards

Finding newspaper articles inadmissible hearsay and not admissible under opposing party admission or residual exception

Granting a party fourteen days to object to a Magistrate Judge's non-dispositive order

Requiring exhaustion of "such administrative remedies as are available"