The following excerpt is from Burgess v. State of Nev., 859 F.2d 154 (9th Cir. 1988):
A court should liberally construe pro se civil rights pleadings, affording the plaintiff the benefit of any doubt. King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir.1987) (citing Bretz v. Kelman, 773 F.2d 1026, 1027 n. 1 (9th Cir.1985) (en banc)).
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