Does a pro se litigant need to know the most basic pleading requirements in pleading?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Tew v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation, CASE NO. 13-CV-0608 BEN (NLS) (S.D. Cal. 2013):

336, 337-38 (9th Cir. 1996). Pro se litigants are not "excused from knowing the most basic pleading requirements." Am. Ass 'n of Naturopathic Physicians v. Hayhurst, 227 F.3d 1104, 1107 (9th Cir. 2000).

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