12 Cited authorities

Farmer v. Brennan
511 U.S. 825 (1994) Cited 55,932 times 18 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 6,529 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 15,028 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding violation of Eighth Amendment requires "obduracy and wantonness" rather than "inadvertence or error in good faith"
Rhodes v. Chapman
452 U.S. 337 (1981) Cited 14,016 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 786 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 733 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 716 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 198 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 198 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 30 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 168,170 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 2,454 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 violation of Eighth Amendment requires "obduracy and wantonness" rather than "inadvertence or error in good faith"

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"