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I opposed a pro se plaintiff in US District Court. He filed a motion in federal court, but untimely according to the local rules, The court refused to hear his motion. He objected that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s shorter timelines applied. The trial court had to reconsider and then heard the motion and denied it on the merits. Then, he took an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals dismisssed his appeal as untimely filed. He objected and pointed ou that the Court of Appeals can’t count, because one of the 15 days was a federal holiday and must be excluded. He also pointed out that the Court of Appeals had applied the wrong Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure. The rule they applied had a 14 day deadline. The correct deadline of 15 days was set out in another court rule, and his appeal was timely when the 15 days and the allowance for the one federal holiday.He was the most qualified pro se litigant I ever encountered. He still lost a motion for summary judgment in federal district court that a lawyer would have won. As a result of that loss he was ultimately doomed at the Ninth Circuit because he did not preserve the issue on appeal.

I am a Georgia lawyer, but not your lawyer. Seek the counsel of a local attorney.I will answer with what I would do if this happened to me.I owe a trespasser no duty of any kind in most jurisdictions, except that I am not allowed to set up any hidden “death-trap.” I owe a trespasser nothing for labor or improvements expended on my property unless I knew they were doing the work expecting to be paid for it and allowed them to proceed when I could have stopped them. In your story, that appears not to be the case.Non-lawyers (and many lawyers) often say “anyone can sue you for anything.” This is true, but the rules of civil procedure in most jurisdictions contemplate this fact and incorporate sanctions for frivolous lawsuits. The Federal Rules implement this under FRCP 11, which requires that any person making a pleading before the court have made due inquiry into the truth of the facts alleged therein, and that there is a valid and not specious theory of law that entitles them to relief. If not, then the other party can motion for sanctions after giving them 21 days to withdraw or revise the pleading. Sanctions can include my costs to appear or file the motion against them, as well as dismissal of the action. These sanctions are assessed against the attorney, not their client.I have seen a frivolous class action lawsuit filed against my client withdrawn within days of filing after I informed not the plaintiff, but their attorney, that I would file a motion for sanctions because they had failed to make due inquiry into the facts and law before suing. They couldn’t get to the court fast enough to withdraw the lawsuit.

Your admission to the Federal Bar is on a court-by-court basis, and each Court has slightly different local rules that establish the requirements of admission.For example, the US District Court for the Northern District of California lists the following on their website [1]:Civil Local Rule 11-1 provides that the Bar of this court consists of attorneys of good moral character who are active members in good standing of the State Bar of California. Attorneys must also certify that they have knowledge of the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure and Evidence, the Rules of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the local rules of this court. Furthermore, attorneys must possess familiarity with the Alternative Dispute Resolution programs of the court and an understanding and commitment to abide by the Standards of Professional Conduct of this court set forth in Civil Local Rule 11-4.While the USDC for the Western District of WA lists this on their site [2]:Eligibility: Any attorney who is a member in good standing of the Washington State Bar.Now, when you go up a level the 9th Circuit has its own rules for admission [3]:(C) In order to be admitted to the bar of this court, an attorney must have been previously admitted to practice (and be in good standing) before (1) the Supreme Court of the United States, (2) another United States Court of Appeals, (3) any United States District Court, or (4) the highest state appellate court of one of the states of the United States.So, assuming that you can pass admission to the US District Court for your District, you should be able to practice before the Circuit Court as well.[1] http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/attyadmission[2] http://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/courtservices/gettingadmittedtopractice.htm[3] http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/content/atty_instructions.php