Albert Thomas v. David C. Evans

How courts have described this case

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• holding a district court abused its discretion by sanctioning a pro se plaintiff for lack of reasonable factual or legal basis
• stating the four requirements for a holding of res judica- ta
• “A plaintiff may be sanctioned under Rule 11 for filing claims barred by res judicata.”
• “An order imposing Rule 11 sanctions should state the specific basis of the sanction to allow for meaningful appellate review.”
• “The gist of a retaliation claim is that a prisoner is penalized for exercising a right of free speech.”
• “Rule 11 applies to pro se plaintiffs, but the court must take into account the plaintiff’s pro se status when determining whether the filing was reasonable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).