30 Cited authorities

  1. Farmer v. Brennan

    511 U.S. 825 (1994)   Cited 55,521 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."
  2. Woodford v. NGO

    548 U.S. 81 (2006)   Cited 16,030 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 1997e requires "proper exhaustion"
  3. Jones v. Bock

    549 U.S. 199 (2007)   Cited 12,764 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that PLRA exhaustion is mandatory, and prisoners cannot bring unexhausted claims into federal court
  4. Porter v. Nussle

    534 U.S. 516 (2002)   Cited 13,869 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a state prisoner must exhaust administrative remedies before filing a complaint
  5. Booth v. Churner

    532 U.S. 731 (2001)   Cited 11,093 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
  6. Helling v. McKinney

    509 U.S. 25 (1993)   Cited 7,607 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prospective harm, defined as that which is "sure or very likely to cause serious illness and needless suffering" to an inmate in the future, can be the basis for an Eighth Amendment claim even if the inmate has "no serious current symptoms"
  7. Wilson v. Garcia

    471 U.S. 261 (1985)   Cited 7,604 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the statute of limitations for a Section 1983 claim is borrowed from the state's personal injury statute of limitations
  8. Overton v. Bazzetta

    539 U.S. 126 (2003)   Cited 1,996 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “is not on the State to prove the validity of prison regulations but on the prisoner to disprove it”
  9. Domino v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice

    239 F.3d 752 (5th Cir. 2001)   Cited 2,004 times
    Holding that an incorrect diagnosis does not amount to deliberate indifference
  10. Johnson v. Johnson

    385 F.3d 503 (5th Cir. 2004)   Cited 1,632 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Farmer has made it "abundantly clear" that prison officials cannot leave an inmate to fight off his attackers or submit as a victim of sexual assault
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 486,625 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 53,727 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prisoners must exhaust "available" administrative remedies before filing suit in federal court
  13. Section 3626 - Appropriate remedies with respect to prison conditions

    18 U.S.C. § 3626   Cited 4,481 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing preliminary injunctive relief must be narrowly drawn, extend no further than necessary to correct the harm, and be the least intrusive means necessary to correct that harm
  14. Section 16.003 - Two-Year Limitations Period

    Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003   Cited 2,088 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Providing a two-year limitations period for personal injury actions
  15. Section 187-A:12 - [Repealed]

    N.H. Rev. Stat. § 187-A:12

    RSA 187-A:12 Repealed 1985, 140:9, eff. 7/1/1985.