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· 9/10/2013

Richard Blaisdell v. C. Frappiea

Citations

  • 729 F.3d 1237
  • 2013 WL 4793184
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 18782

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that courts have an “obligation to give a liberal construction 28 to the filings of pro se litigants”
  • holding that courts have an “obligation to give a liberal construction 28 to the filings of pro se litigants”
  • “This rule relieves pro se litigants from the strict application of procedural rules and demands that a court not hold missing or inaccurate legal terminology or muddled draftsmanship against them.” (emphasis added)
  • courts liberally construe 2 ||pro se litigants’ filings, relieving them from “strict application of procedural rules and 3 ||demands ....”
  • the rule of liberal construction “relieves pro se 8 litigants from the strict application of procedural rules”
  • courts liberally construe pro se litigants’ 27 || filings, relieving them from strict application of procedural rules and demands

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Judges: Goodwin, O'Scannlain, Smith

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