What is the test for bringing an action under section 42 U.S.C. 1997(e)(a) of the Federal Guidelines Guidelines on Prison Conditions?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Brooks v. Cal. Dept. of Corr. & Rehab., No. 2:12-CV-2536 AC P (E.D. Cal. 2013):

Title 42 U.S.C. 1997(e)(a) provides that "[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title, or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted." See also Booth v. Churner, 532 U.S. 731, 741 n.6 (2001) ("[A]n inmate must exhaust irrespective of the forms of relief sought and offered through administrative avenues.")

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