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BOOTH v. CHURNER

Nos. 97-7487, 97-7488.

206 F.3d 289 (2000)

Timothy BOOTH, Appellant v. CHURNER, C.O.; Workensher, Sgt.; Rikus, Lt.; W. Gardner, Capt.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed March 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Winkelman (Argued), Ralph Sianni, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General, Gwendolyn T. Mosley (Argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, McKEE, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

This appeal by Timothy Booth from an order of the District Court dismissing his prisoner's civil rights action presents two important questions about the meaning of the mandatory administrative exhaustion requirement in the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (the PLRA). Booth alleges that while he was confined in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Correctional Institute at Smithfield, several prison guards...

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