What are the legal standards for a pro se litigant's pleadings?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Miller v. Rufion, Civil No. 08cv01233-BTM(WMC) (E.D. Cal. 2011):
Federal courts hold a pro se litigant's pleadings to "less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers." Eldridge v. Block, 832 F.2d 1132, 1137 (9th Cir. 1987) (punctuation and citation omitted); see Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 93-94 (2007) (per curiam) ("A document filed pro se is
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