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10 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 176 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Bryant v. Rich.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryant v. Rich Anchor | green | “is treated as a matter of abatement and not an adjudication on the merits, it is proper for a judge to consider facts outside the pleadings and to resolve factual disputes so long as the factual disputes do not decide the merits and the parties have sufficient opportunity to dev…” | 36 |
| 2 | Israel Santiago-Lugo v. Warden | green | “that does not mean that courts may disregard a failure to exhaust and grant relief on the merits if the respondent properly asserts the defense.” | 32 |
| 3 | Higginbottom v. Gardner | green | “it is not the role of the court to consider the adequacy or futility of the administrative remedies afforded to the inmate” | 22 |
| 4 | Lonnie Bernard Davis v. Warden, FCC Coleman - USP I | green | “topple over administrative decisions unless the administrative body not only has erred, but has erred against objection made at the time appropriate under its practice.” | 22 |
| 5 | Fuller v. Rich | green | “bear the burden of demonstrating the futility of administrative review” | 15 |
| 6 | Orlando Samuel McKeithen v. Cathy Jackson | green | “the filing of a civil suit without properly exhausting all available administrative remedies is a procedural misstep that is fatal to the underlying case.” | 14 |
| 7 | Israel Santiago-Lugo v. Warden | green | “disregard a failure to exhaust and grant relief on the merits if the respondent properly asserts the defense.” | 11 |
| 8 | Arsenio Leal v. Georgia Department of Corr. | green | “until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted,' a prisoner is precluded from filing suit in federal court.” | 10 |
| 9 | United States v. Christopher Hugh Lucas | green | “has established regulations governing formal review of inmate complaints relating to any aspect of imprisonment” | 8 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.