United States Seventh Circuit

A prisoner's failure to take a timely and proper administrative appeal within the state system does not equal exhaustion of state remedies for purposes of 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(a); here, prisoner's federal claim was properly dismissed, where he filed a timely administrative complaint but did not file an appeal of decision rendered.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/08/2002
• Decided 04/18/2002
• Published 04/18/2002

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jerold S. Solovy,Stephen M. Geissler (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Jody J. Schmelzer (argued), Karla Z. Keckhaver, Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellants.