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Senator Edward Kennedy — Part 26
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ght to bring these Appellees to justice in Civil Action,sin-
ce he cannot prosecute criminal cases,and the United States
Department of Justice will not seek indictments against the-
se criminals. and vigorously prosecute them as other citizens
of the United States.28 USC § 1654 authorizes any person right
to prosecute their own case,with or without attorney,that is
the law.And the doctrine of "Stare Decisis" requires Courts
that once laid down a principle of law as applicable to a ce-
rtain state of facts,it will adhere to that principle,See
Patterson vs.McLean Credit Union, 491 US 164,105 L Ed 2d 132,
109 S Ct 2363(1989).In Haines vs.Kerner, 404 US 519 at 520,
521,92 S Ct 594,30 L Ed 2d 652(1972),The petitioner. an inmate
—at—the-Illinois.State Penitentiary,filed Civil. Rights suit
against certain state officials,the Governor of the State,
the case were heard in the U.S.Supreme Court,and that Court
held as follows in part: ¥
"The--District. .Court..granted. respondents' motion under
Rule 12(b)(6)...to dismiss the complaint for failure
to state a claim upon which relief could be granted,
-»ethat petitioner had failed to show a deprivation
of federally protected rights.The Court of Appeals
affirmed,...We granted certiorari and appointed co-
unsel to represent petitioner.The only issue now.
before us is petitioner’ s contention that the Distr-
ict Court erred in dismissing his Pro Se complaint
Without allowing him to present evidence on his cla-
ima....,However inartfully pleaded,are sufficient to
call for the opportunity to offer supporting evi-
dence. We cannot say with assurance that under the
allegations of the Pro Se Complaint, which we held
to less stringenr standards than formal pleading
drafted by lawyers,if appears "Beyond doubt that the
petitioner can prove no set of facts in support of
his claim which would entitle him to relief....
although we intimate no view whatever on the. merits
of petitioner’ S allegations,we conclude that he is
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