Read RODRIGUEZ v. WESTCHESTER COUNTY JAIL CORR. DEPT., 02-0325

Justifiable circumstances may sometimes excuse a prisoner's failure to exhaust administrative remedies as required under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, when the prisoner is challenging conditions of confinement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/24/2004
• Published 06/24/2004

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN, KEARSE, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ivan Rodriguez, pro se, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Stormville, N.Y., submitted papers for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas G. Gardiner, County Attorney's Office, White Plains, N.Y., submitted papers for Defendants-Appellees.