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BLAKE v. ROSS

No. 13-7279.

787 F.3d 693 (2015)

Shaidon BLAKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael ROSS, Lt., Defendant-Appellee, and The Department of Corrections; State of Maryland; M.R.D.C.C.; Gary Maynard, Sec.; Michael Stouffer, Comm.; James Madigan, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 21, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Scott Matthew Noveck , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Sarah W. Rice , Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Reginald R. Goeke , Scott A. Claffee , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Douglas F. Gansler , Attorney General of Maryland, Dorianne Meloy , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER joined. Judge AGEE wrote a dissenting opinion.

Inmate Shaidon Blake appeals the district court's summary dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Appellee Lieutenant Michael Ross on the ground that Blake failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Because we hold that Blake...

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