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Eleventh Circuit· 8/4/1998

Tannenbaum v. United States

Citations

  • 148 F.3d 1262
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 17876
  • 1998 WL 438813

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that pleadings from pro se litigants are held to a less stringent standard than pleadings drafted by attorneys
  • noting that although pro se pleadings are liberally construed, “issues not raised below are normally deemed waived”
  • noting that although we are required to liberally construe pro se pleadings, issues not raised in the district court are generally deemed waived
  • explaining that we hold pro se pleadings to a less stringent standard than those prepared by lawyers
  • holding pro se pleadings to a “less stringent standard than pleadings drafted by attorneys” (emphasis added)
  • explaining that issues not raised below, even by a pro se party, are normally deemed waived

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Judges: Godbold, Hill, Fay

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