Ake v. Hershberger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION SHANE A. AKE, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 1:24-CV-316 DRL-SJF LUKE BESSESEN and JOHN WIES, Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Shane A. Ake, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a 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) (quotations and citations omitted). Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the court still must review the merits of…