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Ronnie Burton v. Wendee Jones

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Overruled in part
Court
Sixth Circuit
Citation
321 F.3d 569
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
46 of 46
Citing cases (total)
46
Treatment dates
2007
Overruled in part
A reviewed court has overruled part of this case’s holding. Burton v. Jones was overruled in part: the Supreme Court rejected its rule requiring a prisoner to identify each eventual defendant at the first step of a grievance even when prison procedures impose no such requirement. Prison grievance rules determine the detail needed for proper exhaustion; Burton's general concern that a grievance alert officials to the problem remains useful.
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Treatments

Overruled in part

  • The Supreme Court rejected Burton's mandatory first step defendant identification rule where the prison's grievance procedure did not require names.

    Jones v. Bock · Supreme Court of the United States · filed

    The Sixth Circuit requires that a prisoner have identified, in the first step of the grievance process, each individual later named in the lawsuit to properly exhaust administrative remedies. Burton v. Jones, 321 F. 3d 569, 575 (2003). ... As the MDOC’s procedures make no mention of naming particular officials, the Sixth Circuit’s rule imposing such a prerequisite to proper exhaustion is unwarranted.
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