Supreme Court Rules for Prisoner in Grievance-Filing Dispute

Supreme Court Rules for Prisoner in Grievance-Filing Dispute

A divided Supreme Court ruled on June 18 that a prisoner retains a right to a jury trial when there is a factual dispute over whether he fully exhausted prison grievance procedures before filing a lawsuit. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion in Perttu v. Richards. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the opinion authored by Roberts. The respondent, Kyle Brandon Richards, is a pri…

Supreme Court Sides with Incarcerated Plaintiffs in Prison Abuse Case - Davis Vanguard

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that incarcerated people have a right to a jury trial when they are accused of failing to file a prison grievance, if they claim they were prevented from doing so due to allegations of abuse or retaliation.