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· 5/19/1997

Louise Whitney v. State of New Mexico Charles Patrick, Employee of the State of New Mexico John/jane Doe, Unknown Employees of the State of New Mexico

Citations

  • 113 F.3d 1170
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 11706
  • 1997 WL 258866

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • ruling that courts may not “supply additional factual allegations to round out a plaintiff’s complaint”
  • recognizing that “a suit against an individual in his of- ficial capacity is, in reality, a suit against the agency which the individual rep- resents”
  • holding that liberal construction of a pro se complaint does not mean a court will “supply additional factual allegations to round out a plaintiff’s complaint or construct a legal theory on a plaintiff’s behalf”
  • stating that courts \will not supply additional factual allegations to round out a plaintiff's complaint\
  • stating that a court may not “supply additional factual allegations to round out a plaintiff's complaint”
  • holding courts “will not supply additional factual allegations to round out a plaintiff’s complaint or construct a legal theory on a plaintiff's behalf”

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Judges: Seymour, Porfilio, Murphy

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