Darrel Thorn v. Racetrac Petroleum, Incorporated
Immigration
Whether the procedural treatment currently afforded to pro-se litigants by federal courts comports with due process or whether more leniency is required to preserve the litigant's meaningful opportunity to be heard
Questions Presented This case raise the question whether the procedural treatment currently to Pro-Se Litigants by federal courts comports with due process or whether more leiniency is required to preserve the litigants meaningful opportunity to be heard? Particularly given the leiniency typically afforded Pro-Se litigants that unfortunate series of events should not deprive petitioner of his day in court. As the court recognized on several occasions ovigating the appellate process without a lawyer’s assistance is a perilous endeavor for a lay person. (Halbert V. Michigan, 545 U.S. 605, 621 (2005).