DOUGLAS v. YATES

No. 07-10518.

535 F.3d 1316 (2008)

Lawrence W. DOUGLAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YATES, Assistant Warden, Kelloway, Chief of Security, Terrant, Addiction Treatment Counselor, Ford, Classification Supervisor, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Joan Mittleman (Court-Appointed), Law Office of Elaine J. Mittleman, Falls Church, VA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, PRYOR, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON, District Judge.


PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal of the dismissal with prejudice of a complaint by a prisoner, Lawrence W. Douglas, against four prison officials presents two questions: (1) whether the limitation of prisoners' complaints for emotional injury under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e), deprived the district court of subject-matter jurisdiction to consider whether Douglas's complaint states a claim for relief; and (2) whether the district court...

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