Quoting from 404 US 519:
"Whatever may be the limits on the scope of inquiry of courts into the internal administration of prisons, allegations such as those asserted by petitioner, however inartfully pleaded, are sufficient to call for the opportunity to offer supporting evidence. We cannot say with assurance that under the allegations of the pro se complaint, which we hold to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers".
Read FN. 1:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-alsd-1_08-cv-00427/pdf/USCOURTS-alsd-1_08-cv-00427-0.pdf
"Whatever may be the limits on the scope of inquiry of courts into the internal administration of prisons, allegations such as those asserted by petitioner, however inartfully pleaded, are sufficient to call for the opportunity to offer supporting evidence. We cannot say with assurance that under the allegations of the pro se complaint, which we hold to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers".
Read FN. 1:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-alsd-1_08-cv-00427/pdf/USCOURTS-alsd-1_08-cv-00427-0.pdf