Filed July 11, 2016
Woodford, 548 U.S. at 90-91. Title 28 C.F.R. § 542.10, et seq., sets forth the Bureau of Prisons’ Administrative Remedy Program, which provides formal administrative review of any Complaint that relates to any aspect of the inmate’s confinement. Under this process, inmates are encouraged to attempt resolution of their Complaints informally, by discussing the matter with a member of the Unit Team. See 28 C.F.R. § 542.13.
Filed March 31, 2014
He therefore must comply with the BOP’s four-step “Administrative Remedy Program,” which allows an inmate “to seek formal review of an issue relating to any aspect of his/her own confinement.” 28 C.F.R. § 542.10(a). First, an inmate must report the grievance to a staff member, and the staff member should attempt to resolve the issue informally.
Filed September 27, 2012
The BOP has a well established three (3) step Administrative Remedy Program whereby a federal prisoner may seek review of any aspect of his imprisonment. See 28 C.F.R. §§ 542.10- 542.19. After attempting to informally resolve the issue, a BOP 14 Case 3:11-cv-01995-RPC-JVW Document 48 Filed 09/26/12 Page 14 of 33 inmate can initiate the first step of the grievance process by submitting “a formal written Administrative Remedy Request, on the appropriate form (BP-9),” within twenty (20) calendar days “following the date on which the basis for the Request occurred.”
Filed November 2, 2010
Moreover, the BOP’s regulations require inmates to individually submit their own requests and appeals and do not contemplate inmates submitting administrative remedy filings on behalf of other inmates. 28 C.F.R. § 542.10(a). Exhaustion of administrative remedies requires an inmate to use all steps that the agency holds out, and to do so properly.
Filed July 14, 2009
Booth, 532 U.S. at 741; Jackson v. District of Columbia, 254 F.3d 262, 269 (D.C. Cir. 2001). The BOP outlines its Administrative Remedy procedure in 28 C.F.R. § 542.10 et seq. and provides “formal review of any complaint which relates to any aspect of an inmate’s confinement.” Ex. B, Declaration of Carolyn Lamphear ¶ 2 (“Lamphear Decl.”). First, the inmate must present an issue of concern informally to staff.
Filed February 20, 2004
See 28 C.F.R. § 542.10(c). Ms. Kole failed however, to comply with the regulations relating to her administrative rights, as set forth at 28 C.F.R. § 543.30, et seq., and thus, for example, failed to file an administrative tort claim with the Bureau of Prisons Northeast Regional Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.