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Originally Posted by spinn
It was necessary because laziness is not the reason pro se's feel overwhelmed and then give up.
Not everyone can afford a $400 an hour attorney and are painted into the corner of defending themselves. Do the attorneys who think pro se's are "lazy" have to work full time, come home, feed their families and then study an unknown profession until midnight?
Despite what attorneys think, they do not have a monopoly on intelligence, just the law.
Yes it is unethical, immoral and in poor taste to file an appeal and then not follow up on it.
It is also in poor taste to sewer serve people, or lie to people, or use the courts to take money from people who simply cannot defend themselves.
Are pro se's any more unethical than lawyers?
Didnt an attorney, actually a judge, just sue some poor immigrants for $54 million over a lost pair of $20 pants, nearly bankrupting them?
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What does this have to do with ethics, or $400 per hour lawyers, or sewer serivce?
The good folks that filed the appeals were given simple directions to follow, they failed in that task.
In most jurisdictions to file an appeal you need a transcript of the proceeding, that cost money. If you don't have the funds to do what is necessary, then don't do something.