Belcher v. Hale

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION TORRENCE BELCHER, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:23-CV-764-DRL-AZ TERRI HALE, SARA MCCORMICK, DAWN BUS, RON NEAL, and MARK NEWKIRK, Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Torrence Belcher, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a fourth amended complaint alleging he was entitled to State pay even though he was not working. ECF 16. “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.…