ROURKE v. THOMPSON

No. 93-1249.

11 F.3d 47 (1993)

John Francis ROURKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.G. THOMPSON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Francis Rourke, pro se.

Before GARWOOD and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and SHAW, District Judge.


BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue before us is whether a federal prison inmate must exhaust the Bureau of Prisons' administrative remedies before he may attempt to secure injunctive relief in federal court. John Francis Rourke challenges the dismissal of his petition by the district court, contending that it erred in requiring such exhaustion. We AFFIRM.

I.

Rourke, incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute in Seagoville, Texas...

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