Legal Opinion

Boyd v. Kenworthy

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided September 22, 2020No. 3:20-cv-00003Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION ERIC BOYD, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:20-CV-3-DRL-MGG E. KENWORTHY et al., Defendants. OPINION & ORDER Eric Boyd, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed an amended 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). Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the court still must review the merits of a prisoner complaint and dismiss it if the action…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Michael C. Antonelli v. Michael F. SheahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996

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