How have courts treated pro se pleadings in civil litigation?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Edison v. U.S. Secret Serv., No. 2:18-cv-1194 TLN DB PS (E.D. Cal. 2018):

(9th Cir. 1989). Pro se pleadings are held to a less stringent standard than those drafted by lawyers. Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520 (1972). However, the court need not accept as true conclusory allegations, unreasonable inferences, or unwarranted deductions of fact. Western Mining Council v. Watt, 643 F.2d 618, 624 (9th Cir. 1981).

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