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authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_seventh_circuit
publication status
published_precedential_opinion
precedential status
binding_in_ca7
decision or issuance date
2004-10-19
subsequent history
Bounded public-source treatment review completed through 2026-08-25; no explicit adverse treatment located.
negative treatment status
No explicit adverse treatment located in a bounded public-source review through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
The original 2004 opinion was not located in the current official Seventh Circuit archive. The full published opinion text was reviewed in a public reporter mirror and the exact exhaustion rule was corroborated in a later official Seventh Circuit disposition.
A common-law exhaustion rule applies to § 2241; exceptions exist but the hurdle is high, and a prisoner cannot manufacture exigency by delay.
Material limitation
Binding only in the Seventh Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. The original 2004 opinion was not located in the current official Seventh Circuit archive. The full published opinion text was reviewed in a public reporter mirror and the exact exhaustion rule was corroborated in a later official Seventh Circuit disposition. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run.