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PORTER, CORRECTION OFFICER v. NUSSLE, RONALD (22463)

    Order dated: 06/04/01
    Docket number: 00-853
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

PORTER, CORRECTION OFFICER v. NUSSLE, RONALD (22463)

    Order dated: 10/29/01
    Docket number: 00-853
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Did the Court of Appeals erroneously conclude, contrary to other of appeals, that an inmate bringing a claim for excessive force need not have exhausted available administrative remedies pursuant to the Prison Legal Reform Act's mandatory exhaustion requirement, 42 U.S.C.1997e(a)?

An opinion has been handed down: