Opinion ID: 786604
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Heading: The CRIPA

Text: 17 In 1980, Congress enacted the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), Pub.L. No. 96-247, 94 Stat. 349 (1980). CRIPA § 7 (originally codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1997e) took several steps to foster the development of administrative grievance systems in prisons: First, it directed the Attorney General to promulgate, after consultation with others, minimum standards for the development of a plain, speedy, and effective system for the resolution of [inmate] grievances. CRIPA § 7(b)(1). Second, it directed the Attorney General to set up a certification program for inmate grievance systems. CRIPA § 7(c). Third, it gave District Courts discretion to continue (i.e. stay) § 1983 cases brought by prisoners in order to require exhaustion of such plain, speedy, and effective administrative remedies as are available. CRIPA § 7(a). The Supreme Court described this provision as a `limited exhaustion requirement.' Porter v. Nussle, 534 U.S. 516, 523-24, 122 S.Ct. 983, 152 L.Ed.2d 12 (2002) (quoting McCarthy v. Madigan, 503 U.S. 140, 150-51, 112 S.Ct. 1081, 117 L.Ed.2d 291 (1992)); see also Concepcion, 306 F.3d at 1352.