Sapp v. Kimbrell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 federal appellate · 4 district ·

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 138 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “promote[d] exhaustion’s benefits by removing any incentive prison officials might otherwise have to avoid meaningfully considering inmates’ grievances by screening them for improper reasons. Excusing a failure to exhaust when prison officials improperly screen an inmate’s administrative appeals helps ensure that prison officials will consider and resolve grievances internally and helps encourage use of administrative proceedings in which a record can be developed that will improve the quality of decisionmaking in any eventual lawsuit. At the same time, this exception does not alter prisoners’ incentive to pursue administrative remedies to the extent possible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Albino v. Baca

2. “In deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust, a court may ‘look beyond the pleadings and decide disputed issues of fact.’” (quoting Wyatt, 315 F.3d at 1119-20 )); see also Jensen v. Knowles, 621 F.Supp.2d 921 , 925 (E.D.Cal.2008) (explaining why Jones v. Bock does not alter Wyatt). Therefore, Wyatt continues to be the law of this Circuit. 5 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Albino v. Baca

3. “No action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title, or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cano v. Taylor