In Re: Patrick Roughneen, M.D., Cherie Roughneen and Patrick T. Roughneen, M.D., P.A. v. the State of Texas

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• noting that advising pro se litigants 10 would make the court “a player in the adversary process rather than remaining its 11 referee”
• holding 23 that pro se parties are not excused from following the rules and orders of the court
• stating that pro se litigants in ordinary 23 civil cases should not be treated more favorably than parties represented by attorneys
• stating that pro se litigants in an ordinary civil case should not be treated 2 more favorably than attorneys of record in reference to procedural rules
• explaining that providing legal advice to a pro se litigant “would entail 13 the district court’s becoming a player in the adversary process rather than remaining its referee”
• noting that “to give [a party legal] advice would entail 12 || the district court’s becoming a player in the adversary process rather than remaining its 13 ||referee”’

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