United States Fifth Circuit

An inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, against federal marshals and parish officials, for failure to protect him from another prisoner, is subject to 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(a)'s administrative exhaustion requirements, and dismissal without prejudice was proper. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/10/2002
• Published 08/01/2002

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jane L. Johnson, Charles Don Williams, Tulane Law Clinic, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Bradley Lewis, Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Bogalusa, LA, Charles Marion Hughes, Jr., Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Mandeville, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.