Is it appropriate for a pro se litigant to submit their own pleadings and briefs?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gibbs v. Gorleski, 19-1084 (2nd Cir. 2020):
Although "we liberally construe pleadings and briefs submitted by pro se litigants, reading such submissions to raise the strongest arguments they suggest," McLeod v. Jewish Guild for the
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