600.5503 Exhaustion of administrative remedies; dismissal; appointment of counsel; prohibition.
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600.5503 Exhaustion of administrative remedies; dismissal; appointment of counsel; prohibition.
Sec. 5503.
(1)A prisoner shall not file an action concerning prison conditions until the prisoner has exhausted all available administrative remedies.
(2)The court shall on its own motion or on the motion of a party dismiss an action concerning prison conditions brought by a prisoner as to 1 or more defendants if the court is satisfied that the action is frivolous or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from the requested relief.
(3)The court shall not appoint counsel paid for in whole or in part at taxpayer expense to a prisoner for the purpose of filing a civil action concerning prison conditions.
History: Add. 1999, Act 147 , Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999