Are pleadings filed pro se to be liberally construed?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Petrillo v. United States, Case No.: 3:15-cv-1894-GPC-NLS (S.D. Cal. 2017):
Any pleadings "filed pro se [are] to be liberally construed." Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007) (internal quotations omitted). However, "pleadings that . . .
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