KNUCKLES EL v. TOOMBS

No. 98-2181.

215 F.3d 640 (2000)

Demetrius KNUCKLES EL; Errick E. Payton-Bey; Michael Vaughn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Raymond G. TOOMBS, Warden, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demetrius Knuckles El (briefed), Errick E. Payton-Bey (briefed), Michael Vaughn (briefed), Plaintiffs-Appellants pro se.

Mark W. Matus (briefed), Michigan Department of Attorney General, Corrections Division, Lansing, Michigan, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, JONES, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This prisoners' appeal in a § 1983 prison assault case is governed by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies. Plaintiffs, all inmates at Ionia Maximum Facility in Ionia, Michigan, allege that on numerous occasions between October 12, 1995, and March 18, 1997, defendants violated their rights under the First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by using excessive force and engaging in "retaliatory...

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