What are the legal standards for a pro se pleading?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Clifford v. Brown, Case No. 1:12-cv-00238 JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2012):
III. Pleading Standards "Pro se documents are to be liberally construed" and "'must be held to 'less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.'" Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976) (quoting Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972)). "[They] can only be dismissed for failure to state a claim if it appears 'beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.'" Id.
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