404 F. App'x 45 - Worthem v. Boyle’s Empirical Analysis
2010
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Jones v. Bock · Correction Officer Porters v. Ronald Nussle · Perez v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections · Dixon v. Page · Ford v. Johnson
Most-quoted passages
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“If [plaintiff] was displeased with the decision to pass the matter on to Internal Affairs for investigation, [he] could have filed — and did file — an administrative appeal, but that step had to come before he filed the lawsuit, not after.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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