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13 canonical passages across 10 cases, quoted by 3,371 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 Ross v. Blake.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross v. Blake Anchor | green | “prison administrators thwart inmates from taking advantage of a grievance process through machination, misrepresentation, or intimidation.” | 947 |
| 2 | Ross v. Blake | green | “an administrative procedure is unavailable when (despite what regulations or guidance materials may promise) it operates as a simple dead end-with officers unable or consistently unwilling to provide any relief to aggrieved inmates.” | 556 |
| 3 | Jones v. Bock | green | “it is the prison's requirements, and not the plra, that define the boundaries of proper exhaustion.” | 499 |
| 4 | Jones v. Bock | green | “there is no question that exhaustion is mandatory under the plra and that unexhausted claims cannot be brought in court.” | 446 |
| 5 | Ross v. Blake | green | “an inmate is required to exhaust those, but only those, grievance procedures that are 'capable of use' to obtain 'some relief for the action complained of.” | 427 |
| 6 | Giordano v. Market America, Inc., and The Chemins Company, Inc. | green | “the same standard applies whether summary judgment is granted on the merits or on an affirmative defense . . . .” | 117 |
| 7 | Nick's Garage, Inc. v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. | green | “a genuine issue of material fact exists if 'the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.” | 117 |
| 8 | Amador v. Andrews | green | “exhaustion is mandatory-unexhausted claims may not be pursued in federal court.” | 78 |
| 9 | MacIas v. Zenk | green | “cannot satisfy the plra's exhaustion requirement solely by . . . making informal complaints” | 53 |
| 10 | Hubbs v. Suffolk County Sheriff's Department | green | “whether an administrative remedy was available to a prisoner in a particular prison or prison system is ultimately a question of law, even when it contains factual elements.” | 48 |
| 11 | Smith v. Kelly | green | “once a defendant has adduced reliable evidence that administrative remedies were available to the plaintiff and that the plaintiff nevertheless failed to exhaust those administrative remedies, the plaintiff must then 'counter' the defendant's assertion by showing exhaustion or u…” | 40 |
| 12 | Ruggiero v. County of Orange | green | “untimely or otherwise procedurally defective attempts to secure administrative remedies do not satisfy the plra's exhaustion requirements.” | 26 |
| 13 | Johnston v. Genesee County Sheriff Maha | green | “the defendants have the burden of showing that there is no genuine issue of material fact as to exhaustion that would preclude summary judgment.” | 17 |
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.