Is a pro se litigant permitted to plead with instructions as to curing the deficiency?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from George v. Almager, 674 F.Supp.2d 1160 (S.D. Cal. 2009):
A pro se litigant's pleadings should be liberally construed, and the litigant should be given leave to amend with instructions as to curing the deficiency unless the defects cannot be cured by amendment. See McGuckin v. Smith, 974 F.2d 1050, 1055 (9th Cir.1992).
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