Does a plaintiff who proceeds pro se proceed pro se have greater rights than a lawyer represented by a lawyer?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from In re Ditech Holding Corp., Case No. 19-10412 (JLG) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2021):

relevant rules of procedural and substantive law. One who proceeds pro se with full knowledge and understanding of the risks involved acquires no greater rights than a litigant represented by a lawyer, unless a liberal construction of properly filed pleadings be considered an enhanced right.") (internal citations omitted). See Traguth v. Zuck, 710 F.2d 90, 95 (2d Cir. 1983) ("Petitioner [appearing pro se] is not, however, excused 'from compliance with relevant rules of procedural and substantive law.'").

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