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What did the court decide in Hughes v. Rowe?

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It is settled law that the allegations of such a complaint, "however inartfully pleaded" are held "to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers. . .."

A per curiam decision applying the liberal-construction rule to a prisoner's unrepresented complaint and reversing its dismissal.

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