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  1. Section 1997 - Definitions

    42 U.S.C. § 1997   Cited 2,454 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Requiring exhaustion of "such administrative remedies as are available"
  2. Section 1997c - Intervention in actions

    42 U.S.C. § 1997c   Cited 39 times

    (a) Discretionary authority of Attorney General; preconditions; time period (1) Whenever an action has been commenced in any court of the United States seeking relief from egregious or flagrant conditions which deprive persons residing in institutions of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States causing them to suffer grievous harm and the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that such deprivation is pursuant to a pattern