Spence v. Mendoza’s Empirical Analysis

1998

Citation profile

cited by 18 later decisions

October 2001

most recently cited

6 district ·

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 Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · McCarthy v. Madigan · Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield · Terrell v. Brewer

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1988 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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 29 F. Supp. 2d 1145 - Plasencia v. State of California · 50 F. Supp. 2d 544 - Langford v. Couch
“(1) [s]ubject to the provisions of paragraph (2), in any action brought pursuant to [ 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ] by an adult convicted of a crime confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility, the court shall, if the court believes that such a requirement would be appropriate and in the interests of justice, continue such a case for a period of not to exceed 180 days in order to require exhaustion of such plain, speedy, and effective administrative remedies as are available. (2) the exhaustion of administrative remedies under paragraph (1) may not be required unless the Attorney General has certified or the court has determined that such administrative remedies are in substantial compliance with the minimum acceptable standards promulgated under subsection (b) of this section or are otherwise fair or effective.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 50 F. Supp. 2d 544 - Langford v. Couch
“[T]he court presumes that Congress now conditions prisoner suits on the exhaustion of such administrative remedies as are available, without regard to whether those remedies are "effective," without regard to whether they substantially comply with "minimum acceptable standards," and without regard to whether they are "just and effective."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 30 F. Supp. 2d 1168 - Smith v. Stubblefield

How this case has been treated — in progress

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