Barbee v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION AT LAFAYETTE TRAVION BARBEE, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO.: 4:24-CV-14-TLS-JEM CARSON SMITH, KEITH EARNEST, MARK FISHER, and CODY FULTZ, Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Travion Barbee, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a complaint raising claims stemming from his arrest on January 10, 2023. ECF No. 1. “A document filed pro se is to be liberally construed, and a pro se complaint, however inartfully pleaded, must be held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.” Erickson v. Pardus,

551 U.S. 89, 94

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