Fred Traguth and Otto Handtke, Individually and Doing Business as Dance Motion Press v. D'LeLa Zuck

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• concluding that pro se status “does not exempt a party from compliance with relevant rules of procedural and substantive law”
• holding that when the party against whom the default is entered is a pro se defendant, courts must be particularly sensitive to the defendant's ability to protect his or her rights
• holding that when the party against whom the default is entered is a pro se defendant, courts must be particularly sensitive to the defendant's ability to protect his or her rights
• noting that a pro se litigant’s rights “should not be impaired by harsh application of technical rules.”
• noting that the right to self-representation “should not be impaired by harsh application of technical rules”
• noting that the right to self-representation “does not exempt a party from compliance with relevant rules of procedural and substantive law” (quoting Birl v. Estelle, 660 F.2d 592, 593 (5th Cir. 1981))

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