Legal Opinion
Bobby J. Anderson v. Alfred Hardman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 2001No. 00-1171PublishedCited by 491 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Illinois inmate Bobby Anderson filed a pro se civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that various state and federal correctional officers conspired to have him “unlawfully detained” in federal custody from 1986 to 1989 on the basis of a “falsified indictment.” The district court dismissed Anderson’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(l) for failure to state a federal claim, and Anderson appeals.
Mindful that pro se pleadings are held to less exacting standards than those prepared by counsel and are to be liberally construed, Haines v. Kerner,…
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