Harris v. Garner
Opinion
Frederick Lamar HARRIS, Danny Chadwick, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Wayne GARNER, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections, A.G. Thomas, Director of Facilities Division of the Georgia Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 98-8899.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Dec. 6, 1999.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (No. 5:97-CV-79-4); Hugh Lawson, Judge.
(Opinion September 30, 1999, 190 F.3d 1279 , 11th Cir., 1999)
Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
A member of this court in active service having requested a poll on the suggestions of rehearing en
banc and a majority of the judges in this court in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing
en banc, IT IS ORDERED that the above cause shall be reheard by this court en banc. The previous panel's
opinion is hereby VACATED.
How later courts describe this case
Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 21 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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(holding that the "brought" language in section 1997e(a) "means that a prisoner must exhaust all administrative remedies that are available before filing suit ....")
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(concluding that a prisoner’s being forced to “dry shave” constituted a de minimis injury not cognizable under section 1997e(e))
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(holding that § 1997e(e) precludes claims for punitive damages absent physical injury)
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(explaining that “routine discomfort is part of the penalty that criminal offenders pay for their offenses against society”)
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(“reaffirm[ing] that section 1997e(a) imposes a mandatory requirement on prisoners seeking judicial relief to exhaust their administrative remedies” before filing suit in federal court)
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