| Darby v. Cisneros | |
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| Argued March 22, 1993 Decided June 21, 1993 | |
| Full case name | R. Gordon Darby, et al. v. Henry Gabriel Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. |
| Citations | 509 U.S. 137 ( more ) 113 S. Ct. 2539; 125 L. Ed. 2d 113 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Holding | |
| Federal courts cannot require exhaustion of administrative remedies unless mandated by statute or agency rules. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Blackmun, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701–706 | |
Darby v. Cisneros, 509 U.S. 137 (1993), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that federal courts cannot require that a plaintiff exhaust his administrative remedies before seeking judicial review when exhaustion of remedies is not required by either administrative rules or statute.
