Does the fact that plaintiff as a pro. per have a greater burden to establish prejudicial error on appeal?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Ash v. Pick, B279672 (Cal. App. 2019):

Finally, while we are sympathetic to the challenges facing plaintiff as a pro. per., the fact that he is representing himself does not diminish his burden to establish prejudicial error on appeal. The law permits a party to act as his own attorney, however, " '[s]uch a party is to be treated like any other party and is entitled to the same, but no greater[,] consideration than other litigants and attorneys. [Citation.]' [Citation.] Thus, as is the case with attorneys, pro. per. litigants must follow correct rules of procedure." (Nwosu v. Uba (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 1229, 1247.)

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