Is a pro se pleading considered to be less stringent than a formal pleading?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Athenix Physicians Grp., Case No.: 19-CV-01888-AJB-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2021):
Pro se pleadings are held to "less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers" because pro se litigants are more prone to making errors in pleading than litigants represented by counsel. See Hughes v. Rowe, 449 U.S. 5, 9 (1980) (internal
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