United States Eleventh Circuit
Parzyck v. Prison Health Servs., Inc., 09-12483
In an action by a prisoner alleging that prison medical personnel were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment, dismissal of the complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies is reversed where plaintiff demonstrated meticulous respect for the department of corrections' administrative grievance procedures and gave prison officials ample opportunity to respond internally before defendant was brought into court, and thus plaintiff complied with the letter and purpose of 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(a)'s exhaustion requirement.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/13/2010
- Published 12/13/2010
Judges
- Rosemary C. Barkett
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit