DAVIS v. STREEKSTRA

Nos. 00-2503, 00-2577.

227 F.3d 759 (2000)

James E. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Byron STREEKSTRA and Randy Olesen, Defendants-Appellants. Floyd R. Romatowski, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roman Kaplan, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Davis (submitted), Green Bay, WI, Pro Se.

Floyd R. Romatowski (submitted), Oshkosh, WI, Pro Se.

James E. Doyle, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Streekstra and Olesen.

Eric J. Callisto (submitted), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Kaplan.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

"No action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions ... by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted." 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Three courts of appeals have held that this law, part of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, does not require exhaustion when a prisoner seeks financial relief and the prison's internal grievance system does...

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