Re:Google Should Fire Sundar Pichai
by gamblor956 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:07PM
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Former trial attorney here...
Pro se litigants are afforded more procedural allowances than lawyers are when they appear in court, even when they rail against the court and the proceedings.
Judges are more likely to rule in favor or pro se litigants on procedural matters (at least at the beginning) precisely to avoid letting the the litigants' lack of procedural knowledge bias the outcome of the case. I have seen many experienced "pro se" litigants take advantage of this.
if a judge is merely a fact finder why would having a attorney alter the outcome of the case?
It doesn't. Pro se litigants in civil cases usually lose their cases because they had shit cases to begin with (based on the substantive merits). It's almost always why they couldn't find any attorney willing to take their case.
In the relatively rare situation that a pro se litigant has a good case but no attorney willing to take it on (usually a low-value case), the judge will either coach them on procedure or assign a lawyer in the courtroom to assist them with that. (This happens a lot in LA County.)
Pro se litigants are afforded more procedural allowances than lawyers are when they appear in court, even when they rail against the court and the proceedings.
Judges are more likely to rule in favor or pro se litigants on procedural matters (at least at the beginning) precisely to avoid letting the the litigants' lack of procedural knowledge bias the outcome of the case. I have seen many experienced "pro se" litigants take advantage of this.
if a judge is merely a fact finder why would having a attorney alter the outcome of the case?
It doesn't. Pro se litigants in civil cases usually lose their cases because they had shit cases to begin with (based on the substantive merits). It's almost always why they couldn't find any attorney willing to take their case.
In the relatively rare situation that a pro se litigant has a good case but no attorney willing to take it on (usually a low-value case), the judge will either coach them on procedure or assign a lawyer in the courtroom to assist them with that. (This happens a lot in LA County.)