With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". as your informal attempt to filing a complaint. You may then submit a grievance regarding the issue if you feel Lt. Hollifield didn’t resolve it. I’m also attaching your requested [§ ] 1983 form. 24 .In this regard, plaintiff contends that: [h]ow could I have exhausted administrative remedies when' I did not know you had to: And I did not know the address. Plus [PRCC] never gave me any response from the grievance forms I filled out. When I heard you had to write to the administrator my 1983 form was already mailed and processed. It was to (sic) late. If I could have gone to the law library, I could have done this correctly. And I would have known about the Exhaustion [of] Administrative Remedies. 25 . See Johnson v. Edlow, et al., Civil Action No. 98-466 (E.D.Va. Feb. 12, 1999) (<HOLDING>). Plaintiff's allegation in his August 28, 1998

A: holding that inmate plaintiff satisfied  1997ea where he attempted to exhaust all available administrative remedies but was prevented from doing so by prison personnel
B: holding an inmate must exhaust all available administrative remedies before filing suit and if exhaustion was not completed at the time of filing dismissal is mandatory
C: holding that dismissal under 42 usc  1997ea was required even though case had gone to trial as inmate had failed to exhaust administrative remedies
D: holding that a plaintiff need not exhaust his administrative remedies to bring a retaliation claim
A.