What is the test for a pro se plaintiff pleading?
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The following excerpt is from Carter v. Yates, No. 2:15-cv-2679-JAM-KJN PS (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Pro se pleadings are liberally construed. See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972); Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't., 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1988). Unless it is clear that no amendment can cure the defects of a complaint, a pro se plaintiff proceeding in forma
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