Legal Opinion
Vazquez v. Allen County Jail
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided February 2, 2022No. 1:21-cv-00436Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION FRANCISCO M. VAZQUEZ, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 1:21-CV-436-HAB-SLC ALLEN COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Francisco M. Vazquez, 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…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Mhammad Abu-Shawish v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
- Hukic v. Aurora Loan ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Anthony N. Smith v. Knox County JailCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Dittmann v. ACS Human Services LLCDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 2016