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Cape v. Olmstead

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided November 2, 2021No. 3:21-cv-00850Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION PAUL MICHAEL CAPE, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:21-CV-850-JD-MGG RUSSEL OLMSTEAD, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Paul Michael Cape, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a vague complaint. ECF 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

(2007) (quotation marks and citations omitted). Nevertheless, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the court…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Burks v. RaemischCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  4. Mhammad Abu-Shawish v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
  5. Anthony Dewalt v. Lamark Carter, Correctional Officer Young, Carol BiesterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000

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