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· 10/26/1971

Arciniega v. Freeman

Citations

  • 404 U.S. 4
  • 92 S. Ct. 22
  • 30 L. Ed. 2d 126
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 16

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that pro se complaints “hovvever inartfully pleaded,” are held to “less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers”
  • rejecting a vagueness challenge to the same communication condition at issue here
  • “Courts routinely hold that a probation or parole condition proscribing associating with a person or group refers to planned, prolonged contact as distinguished from chance or casual meetings.”
  • “We do not believe that the parole condition restricting association was intended to apply to incidental contacts between ex-convicts in the course of work on a legitimate job for a common employer.”
  • “[The] petitioner was forbidden to ‘associate’ with other ex- convicts. *** We do not believe that the parole condition restricting association was intended to apply to incidental contacts between ex-convicts in the course of work on a legitimate job for a common employer.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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