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MARTIN v. CATALANOTTO

Nos. 88-3300, 88-3387.

895 F.2d 1040 (1990)

Herbert Glenn MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael CATALANOTTO, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Eric Leon WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daryl HORTON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Glenn Martin, Angola, La., pro se.

Joseph Erwin Kopsa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Eric Leon Williams, St. Gabriel, La., pro se.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and DUHE, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Herbert Glenn Martin and Eric Leon Williams appeal the district court's dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suits because they did not exhaust the prison grievance procedure set up by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Concluding that the Louisiana prison grievance procedure is an "effective" remedy within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, we affirm.

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