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NYHUIS v. RENO

No. 98-3543.

204 F.3d 65 (2000)

Douglas NYHUIS, Appellant, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General; Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General; Kathleen Hawk, Director-BOP; John Hahn, Warden.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 15, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Ramirez (Argued), Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellant.

David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Barbara L. Herwig, Peter R. Maier (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Bonnie R. Schlueter, Tina M. Oberdorf, Office of the United States Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, ALITO and BARRY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

Given the large number of prisoner lawsuits filed in the federal courts each year, the case at bar raises an important question of statutory interpretation regarding the mandatory exhaustion requirement governing prisoner lawsuits. As amended by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (the PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) provides that "[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section...

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