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Brier v. Smiley

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided January 15, 2025No. 3:24-cv-01006Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION JACOB C. BRIER, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:24-CV-1006-GSL-JEM JASON SMILEY, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Jacob C. Brier, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a 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 must review the…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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