4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 13 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 Bingham v. Thomas.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bingham v. Thomas Anchor | green | “a complaint may be dismissed if an affirmative defense, such as failure to exhaust, appears on the face of the complaint.” | 4 |
| 2 | Okey Garry Okpala v. D. B. Drew | green | “he district court did not err by dismissing the complaint, pursuant to 1915a, because failure to exhaust administrative remedies-an affirmative defense-was clear from the face of the complaint.” | 3 |
| 3 | Michael S. Anderson v. James E. Donald | green | “the allegations in complaint sufficed to establish that he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, and thus, the district court properly dismissed his complaint.” | 3 |
| 4 | James Russell Stevens v. Opal Gay | green | “the eleventh amendment bars . . . action against the georgia department of corrections and board of corrections.” | 3 |
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.