( October 7, 2024, 3:03 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pursuant to Patsy v. Board of Regents, the “failure to exhaust [is] not a defense to liability under [42 U.S. Code] Section 1983,” and Felder v. Casey “confirms that [Patsy] applies in state court,” the attorney representing Alabama unemployment benefits applicants argued before the U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 7 in an appeal in which the applicants allege that their complaint over delays in processing the large amount of applications filed due to the coronavirus pandemic was improperly dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies....