Opinion ID: 161259
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Fulfillment of the Exhaustion Requirement

Text: 35 Mr. Yousef next contends that, if exhaustion was required, his counsel's letter to the Attorney General, or the Assistant Attorney General's (AAG) response, fulfilled this requirement. The AAG's response explained the rationale for each SAM, and closed by noting: I trust that this response will answer your questions in regard to the imposition of SAM. Should you require further clarification, please feel free to contact my office. Aplt's App. Att. C at 7 n.1 (Magistrate Judge's Recommendation on Motion to Dismiss, filed March 30, 1999). Mr. Yousef suggests that the AAG's closing, which makes no reference to the BOP Administrative Remedy Program, foreclosed the possibility of Mr Yousef's obtaining non-judicial administrative relief. 36 We disagree. The AAG's response had no impact upon the requirement that Mr. Yousef exhaust his administrative remedies before seeking judicial relief. And, as the magistrate judge noted, Mr. Yousef provides no authority for his assertion that the AAG should have advised plaintiff of the need to follow BOP administrative procedures. Aplt's App. C (Recommendation on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss) at 7. 37