Opinion ID: 2322590
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Heading: Sufficiency of the Petitions in the Cases at Bar

Text: We begin by noting that both Douglas and Curtis filed their petitions pro se. It has become our practice to construe liberally filings by pro se inmates, particularly when the statute involved is remedial. Matthews, 415 Md. at 298, 999 A.2d at 1057 (giving benefit of a liberal construction of the petition, particularly in light of the salutary purposes of [C.P. § 8-301]. . . and the lack, so far, of rules of procedure to guide the process. [14] (quoting Simms v. State, 409 Md. 722, 731-32, 976 A.2d 1012, 1018 (2009)) (internal quotation mark omitted)); Simms, 409 Md. at 731, 976 A.2d at 1018 (recognizing federal practice to construe liberally pro se pleadings and applying that practice to inmate's petition for DNA testing under C.P. § 8-201). It is appropriate to construe liberally both petitions at issue.