Whitson v. Stone County Jail

How courts have described this case

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• noting “pro se litigants are held to a lesser pleading standard than other parties” (quotation omitted)
• pro se complaint must be liberally construed and pro se litigants held to lesser pleading standard
• “In a ' 1983 case, an official is only liable for his own misconduct and is not accountable for the misdeeds of his agents under a theory such as respondeat superior or supervisor liability.”
• “In a § 1983 case, an official is only liable for his own misconduct and is not accountable for the misdeeds of his agents under a theory such as respondeat superior or supervisor liability”
• “In a § 1983 case, an official is only liable for his own misconduct and is not accountable for the misdeeds of his agents under a theory such as respondeat superior or supervisor liability.” (internal quotations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).