Florida Statute 944.331 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

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944.331 Inmate grievance procedure.—The department shall establish by rule an inmate grievance procedure that must conform to the Minimum Standards for Inmate Grievance Procedures as promulgated by the United States Department of Justice pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s. 1997e. The department’s office of general counsel shall oversee the grievance procedures established by the department.

History.—s. 3, ch. 85-288; s. 3, ch. 99-271.

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Jim E. Chandler v. James Crosby, 379 F.3d 1278 (11th Cir. 2004).

Cited 501 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 16246, 2004 WL 1764123

...See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 944.09(1)(d) (“The department has authority to adopt rules . . . to implement its statutory authority. The rules must include rules relating to . . . [g]rievance procedures which shall conform to 42 U.S.C. s. 1997e.”); id. § 944.331 (“The department shall establish by rule an inmate grievance procedure that must conform to the Minimum Standards for Inmate Grievance Procedures as promulgated by the United States Department of Justice pursuant to 42 U.S.C....

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Hollingsworth v. Brown, 788 So. 2d 1078 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 603509

...Leonard, 193 F.3d 876 (6th Cir.1999); Perez v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, 182 F.3d 532 (7th Cir.1999). [5] The Florida Administrative Code has a procedure in place through which Hollingsworth may grieve his claim. Under sections 944.09(1)(d), Florida Statutes (1999), and section 944.331, Florida Statutes (1999), the legislature directed the Department of Corrections to adopt rules pertaining to inmate grievance procedures that conform to 42 U.S.C....

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Lyons v. Trinity Servs. Grp., Inc., 401 F. Supp. 2d 1290 (S.D. Fla. 2005).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39526, 2005 WL 3234295

...Stat. § 944.09(1)(d) mandates that "[t]he [DOC] has authority to adopt rules . . . to implement its statutory authority. The rules must include rules relating to . . . grievance procedures which shall conform to 42 U.S.C. s.1997e." Also, Fla. Stat. § 944.331 indicates that "[t]he [DOC] shall establish by rule an inmate grievance procedure that must conform to the Minimum Standards for Inmate Grievance Procedures as promulgated by the United States Department of Justice pursuant to 42 U.S.C....

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