MEDINA-CLAUDIO v. RODRIGUEZ-MATEO

Nos. 01-2153, 01-2278.

292 F.3d 31 (2002)

Victor L. MEDINA-CLAUDIO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Félix L. RODRÍGUEZ-MATEO, Superintendent of Bayamón Maximum Security Institution; Eliezer Santiago, Lt., Commander of the Guards at Bayamón Maximum Security Institution; Luis Malavé, Shift Supervisor at Bayamón Maximum Security Institution, a/k/a Malavé, Lt., Defendants, Appellees, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Zoé Laboy, Per Se and as Secretary of the Department of Corrections; Johnny Heredia, Sub-Administrator of the Administration of Corrections; Conjugal Partnership Heredia-Roe; Maritza Feliciano, Director of the Bayamón region; Conjugal partnership Feliciano-Doe; Conjugal Partnership Rodríguez-Roe; Conjugal Partnership Santiago-Doe; José A. González-Santiago, Lt., Shift Supervisor at Bayamón Maximum Security Institution, a/k/a González, Lt.; Conjugal Partnership González-Doe; Conjugal Partnership Malavé-Doe; Víctor Declet-Marrero, Commander of the U.C.D.; Conjugal Partnership Declet-Doe; Wackenhut Corrections Corp.; Gerardo Acevedo, Warden of Wackenhut Corrections Facility Bayamón; Conjugal Partnership Acevedo-Roe; Frank Doe 99CV1563; Henry Doe 99CV1563, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José R. Olmo-Rodríguez, for appellant.

Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh, for appellee Rodríguez-Mateo. Oreste R. Ramos, with whom Pietrantoni, Méndez & Álvarez LLP, was on brief for co-appellees Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and Gerardo Acevedo.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff-appellant Víctor Medina-Claudio filed suit in district court alleging that the prison conditions under which he was housed in Puerto Rico violated his constitutional rights. His case was dismissed by the district court for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PLRA"), Pub.L. No. 104-134,...

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