Porter v. Nussle

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Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 14, 2002 Decided February 26, 2002
Full case name	Porter et al v. Nussle
Docket no.	00-853
Citations	534 U.S. 516 (more) 122 S. Ct. 983; 152 L. Ed. 2d 12
Case history
Prior	Dismissed, No. 3:99-cv-1091 (D Conn. Nov. 22, 1999); reversed, 224 F.3d 95 (2d Cir. 2000); cert. granted, 532 U.S. 1065 (2001).
Holding
The Prison Litigation Reform Act exhaustion requirement applies to all inmate suits about prison life whether they involve general circumstances or particular episodes and whether they allege excessive force or some other wrong.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Ginsburg, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Prison Litigation Reform Act

Porter v. Nussle, 534 U.S. 516 (2002), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court settled an intercircuit conflict regarding civil procedure for prisoners seeking redress. The court held that prisoners alleging assaults by prison guards must meet §1997e(a)'s exhaustion requirement before commencing a civil rights action.^[1]