[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 28CFR542.17]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
           CHAPTER V--BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 542--ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--Administrative Remedy Program
 
Sec. 542.17  Resubmission.

    (a) Rejections. The Coordinator at any level (CCM, institution, 
region, Central Office) may reject and return to the inmate without 
response a Request or an Appeal that is written by an inmate in a manner 
that is obscene or abusive, or does not meet any other requirement of 
this part.
    (b) Notice. When a submission is rejected, the inmate shall be 
provided a written notice, signed by the Administrative Remedy 
Coordinator, explaining the reason for rejection. If the defect on which 
the rejection is based is correctable, the notice shall inform the 
inmate of a reasonable time extension within which to correct the defect 
and resubmit the Request or Appeal.
    (c) Appeal of rejections. When a Request or Appeal is rejected and 
the inmate is not given an opportunity to correct the defect and 
resubmit, the inmate may appeal the rejection, including a rejection on 
the basis of an exception as described in Sec. 542.14(d), to the next 
appeal level. The Coordinator at that level may affirm the rejection, 
may direct that the submission be accepted at the lower level (either 
upon the inmate's resubmission or direct return to that lower level), or 
may accept the submission for filing. The inmate shall be informed of 
the decision by delivery of either a receipt or rejection notice.