Mr. Sonbuchner said that, though he was represented at the beginning of the case, he could no longer afford counsel by the time of the custody trial and was proceeding pro se. He said that he should ...

An appeals court will hear a challenge to a contempt conviction for a pro se litigant who swore after the judge dismissed his case and left the bench. It's not uncommon for a litigant to want to curse ...

A hot topic at American Bar Association national conferences across practice groups is the sharp rise in pro se litigants, particularly in family law cases. In some jurisdictions pro se litigants ...

Words of wisdom from Judge Jennifer Dorsey (D. Nev.) last week in Naessens v. Breslin: [The self-represented plaintiff] takes issue with an order of mine in an unrelated case calling a pro se ...

From Monday's decision in Lothamer Tax Resolution, Inc. v. Kimmel, by Chief Judge Hala Jarbou (W.D. Mich.): This order comes in response to pro se Defendant Paul Kimmel's pattern of submitting ...

Defendants who represent themselves in a court of law are pro se. The Supreme Court of the United States has held that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to refuse counsel and represent ...