Legal Opinion

Bass v. Battle

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided April 22, 2025No. 3:24-cv-00233Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA DEANDRE RASHAWN BASS, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:24-CV-233-TLS-APR BATTLE, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Deandre Rashawn Bass, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a complaint. “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 merits of a prisoner…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Tara Luevano v. Walmart Stores, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
  3. Owens v. HinsleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  4. Grieveson v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  5. Easterling v. ThurmerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018

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