Cofield v. Bowser’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
April 2013
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Norton v. The City of Marietta Oklahoma
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“was not a prisoner when he filed his complaint, the PLRA exhaustion requirement is not applicable to his § 1983 action. A former inmate who has been released is no longer `incarcerated or detained' for the purposes of § 1997e(h) and therefore does not qualify as a `prisoner' subject to the PLRA”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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