The following excerpt is from Morgan v. Berryhill, Case No.: 17cv2227-LAB(KSC) (S.D. Cal. 2017):
Finally, pro se litigants are afforded some leniency to compensate for their lack of legal training. "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." Jackson v. Carey, 353 F.3d 750, 757 (9th Cir. 2003) (internal citation omitted). This also
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