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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 62 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 Maddox v. Love.

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1 Maddox v. Love Anchor
ca7 · 2011
green “where prison officials address an inmate's grievance on the merits without rejecting it on procedural grounds, the grievance has served its function of alerting the state and inviting corrective action, and defendants cannot rely on the failure to exhaust defense.” 39
2 Gregory Turley v. Dave Rednour
ca7 · 2013
green “in order to exhaust their remedies, prisoners need not file multiple, successive grievances raising the same issue (such as prison conditions or policies) if the objectionable condition is continuing.” 23

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