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· 6/15/1839

Pitts v. Cottingham

Citations

  • 9 Port. 675

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that latitude afforded to pro se plaintiffs “does not relieve a pro se plaintiff from meeting jurisdictional requirements”
  • noting that pro se plaintiffs are not excused from satisfying jurisdictional requirements
  • noting that pro se plaintiffs are not excused from satisfying jurisdictional requirements
  • “[T]he court does not have jurisdiction over sexual harassment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
  • “This latitude [afforded to pro se plaintiffs], however, does not relieve a pro se plaintiff from meeting jurisdictional requirements.”
  • \[A] court may not similarly take a liberal view of [a] jurisdictional requirement and set a different rule for pro se litigants only.\

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Judges: Goldthwaite

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