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Scruggs v. Simic

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided June 26, 2023No. 3:22-cv-00880Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION CHRISTOPHER L. SCRUGGS, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:22-CV-880-JD-MGG SIMIC, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Christopher L. Scruggs, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a complaint. ECF 2. “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…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996

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