California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Oseguera v. McNeely, D068783 (Cal. App. 2016):
4. Because the procedural rules apply to self-represented parties the same as to counsel, McNeely was not entitled to any special or lenient treatment based on what he did or did not do while representing himself. (Rappleyea v. Campbell (1994) 8 Cal.4th 975, 984-985.)
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