The following excerpt is from Suarez v. Cate, No. 2:12-cv-2048-KJM-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2014):
3. "In civil rights cases where the plaintiff appears pro se, the court must construe the pleadings liberally and must afford plaintiff the benefit of any doubt." Karim-Panahi v. Los Angeles Police Dep't, 839 F.2d 621, 623 (9th Cir. 1988).
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