Judge: Inmate Failed To Exhaust Remedies To Avoid Prison Smoke

NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge dismissed an inmate's complaint that exposure to secondhand smoke from cellmates jeopardized his health and violated his civil rights, saying in an April 16 opinion that the prisoner failed to exhaust all administrative remedies (Kaseem Ali-X v. George Hayman, et al., No. 1:10-cv-4666, D. N.J.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54865)....(read more)