Martin v. State of Iowa, et al., No. 12-3714 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a former inmate, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the State and the Iowa Board of Parole, alleging violations of his constitutional rights based on defendants' failure to conduct in-person parole interviews. The court agreed with the district court that plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 42 U.S.C. 1997e(a), and dismissal of his complaint was proper. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. Plaintiff, a prisoner in the Iowa correctional system at the time he filed this Section 1983 action alleging the defendants violated his constitutional rights by failing to conduct in-person parole interviews, was required under the Prison Litigation Reform Act to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing suit, and the district court did not err in dismissing the suit for failure to exhaust. [ May 16, 2014
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