Legal Opinion

Scruggs v. Bridegroom

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided August 20, 2024No. 3:24-cv-00200Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION CHRISTOPHER L. SCRUGGS, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:24-CV-200-PPS-JEM NICOLE BRIDEGROOM, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Christopher L. Scruggs, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed an amended complaint. ECF 5. “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. §…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Washington v. HarperSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Grieveson v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  5. Gomez v. RandleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012

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