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Criminal

Mar. 31, 2005

Dark Tales May Lie Beneath 'Outrageous' Prisoner Claims

What is otherwise a dry subject - technical analysis of statutorily imposed administrative exhaustion requirements in a prisoner rights case - can, nonetheless, be subtly critical to upholding the rule of law and preserving crucial civil liberties. If the devil is found in details, angels sometimes reside in results.

Robert L. Bastian Jr.

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What is otherwise a dry subject - technical analysis of statutorily imposed administrative exhaustion requirements in a prisoner rights case - can, nonetheless, be subtly critical to upholding the rule of law and preserving crucial civil liberties. If the devil is found in details, angels sometimes reside in results.
        In Ngo v. Woodward, 2005 DJDAR 3445, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel recently reversed dismissal of a pri...

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