When will a pro per litigant be held to the same procedural rules as an attorney?

When an appellant decides to represent himself in propria persona, "he is entitled to the same, but no greater, consideration than other litigants and attorneys. [Citations.]" (Nelson v. Gaunt (1981) 125 Cal.App.3d 623, 638, 178 Cal.Rptr. 167.) The notion of improper motive is circumstantially indicated by appellant's unsuccessful attempt to conceal the existence of the first suit (see fn. 1, ante ). Its revelation, of course, spelled finis to his appellate efforts here. A pro per litigant is held to the same restrictive procedural rules as an attorney. (Nelson v. Gaunt, supra, 125 Cal.App.3d at pp. 638-639, 178 Cal.Rptr. 167.)