COX v. MAYER

No. 02-5102.

332 F.3d 422 (2003)

Jerry L. COX, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jan MAYER, Dr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed June 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Gingery Cook (argued and briefed), Miller & Martin, Nashville, TN, for Appellee.

Derrick C. Smith (argued and briefed), Howell & Fisher, Nashville, TN, for Appellant.

Before MOORE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.


HOOD, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ROGERS, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 428-430), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

HOOD, District Judge.

Defendant prison doctor appeals from the district court's Order excusing the failure of plaintiff, a prisoner when he filed this action, to exhaust his administrative remedies as required under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"). Jurisdiction...

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