534 U.S. 516, 532, 122 S.Ct. 983, 152 L.Ed.2d 12 (2002). Thus, dismissal may be appropriate where a plaintiff fails to exhaust available administrative remedies. See Watts v. New York State D.O.C.S., No. 00-0216, 2003 WL 21191141, *1, 2003 U.S.App. LEXIS 9807, at *3 (2d Cir. May 21, 2003). In this case, Burks claims his constitutional rights were violated because he was never warned about the defective cell doors and he was provided with inadequate medical care. These allegations involve “prison life.” See Watts v. New York State D.O.C.S., No. 00-0216, 2003 WL 21191141, *1, 2003 U.SApp. LEXIS 9807, at *3 (2d Cir. May 21, 2003) (determining that the PLRA’s exhaustion requirement applies to a Section 1983 action for inadequate medical care); Neal v. Goord, 267 F.3d 116,119 (2d Cir.2001) (<HOLDING>). As such, the plaintiff was required to
holding that prisoner must show prison officials were deliberately indifferent to prison conditions to establish an eighth amendment violation holding required changes in prison policy not burdensome in light of the overall cost of operating the prison holding that state prison officials enjoy wide discretion in regards to a prison boards finding of guilt holding that prison conditions are those aspects of prison life affecting the entire prison population recognizing the undesirability of prison conditions litigation