--- title: "Santiago-Lugo v. Warden" citation: "785 F.3d 467 (11th Cir. 2015)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA11-SANTIAGO-LUGO-785-F3D-467" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_eleventh_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca11" official_url: "https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201314384.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA11-SANTIAGO-LUGO-785-F3D-467/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Santiago-Lugo v. Warden ## Holdings used - Section 2241 administrative exhaustion is not jurisdictional but remains enforceable when properly asserted; a court need not raise it sua sponte. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Eleventh Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed; use only for the bounded § 2241 exhaustion proposition. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 785 F.3d 467 (11th Cir. 2015), 785 F.3d 473–75: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR11-001` ## Used in - [Eleventh Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/eleventh-circuit.md)