Legal Opinion

Letner v. Kraus

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided April 25, 2023No. 1:22-cv-00299Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION JOSHUA R. LETNER, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 1:22-CV-299-HAB-SLC MICHELLE F. KRAUS, Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER Joshua R. Letner, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a complaint alleging that an attorney who represented him in a criminal matter committed malpractice. 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…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Meridian Security Insurance Co. v. David L. SadowskiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
  5. Hart v. FedEx Ground Package System Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006

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