United States First Circuit

Because appellant was required to first submit his claim to the prison's internal grievance process, alleging that the prison conditions under which he was housed in Puerto Rico violated his constitutional rights, dismissal of his complaint was proper for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2002
• Published 06/04/2002

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• José R. Olmo-Rodríguez, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh, for appellee Rodríguez-Mateo. Oreste R. Ramos, with whom Pietrantoni, Méndez & ́Alvarez LLP, was on brief for co-appellees Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and Gerardo Acevedo.