U.S. appeals court: pro se litigation 42 U.S.C.A. sec. 1983.

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Thomson v. Washington, 362 F.3d 969 (7th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner brought a pro se civil rights action against prison officials. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court reversed and remanded. The appeals court held that heightened pleading requirements did not apply to the courts in a violation of the due process clause, infliction of cruel...