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8 Aug, 2023

Wendt-West v. Hawai’i Dept. of Educ., et al.

2023-08-02T14:14:27-05:00August 8th, 2023|Tags: , , |

On August 8th, Cockle Legal Briefs filed the Petition for Writ of Certiorari in No. __, Wendt-West v. Hawai'i Dept. of Educ., et al.  The Petitioner, Curtis Jason Wendt-West, poses three questions to the United States Supreme Court: Whether the States, in private suits involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as [...]

9 Feb, 2023

Petition Filed: Kreb, Jr. v. Dept of Labor

2023-02-09T15:40:45-06:00February 9th, 2023|Tags: , , |

Cockle Legal Briefs filed five Supreme Court briefs today, including a new petition: Robert Douglas Kreb, Jr. v. United States Department of Labor.  You may access the petition here, and the appendix here. Petitioner presented the following questions for cert. review: 1. What is the appropriate standard of review when an agency administrative law judge [...]

28 Dec, 2022

Pro Se Basics

2022-12-28T10:26:38-06:00December 28th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

 Are Pro Se Filers Treated Differently Than Lawyers? In general, pro se filers (individuals who represent themselves in a legal proceeding without the assistance of an attorney) are not treated differently than lawyers by the court. However, there are some differences in the way that pro se filers are expected to present their cases. For [...]

12 Sep, 2022

New Petition Filed–Tanner v. ID Dept. of Fish and Game Director, et al.

2022-09-12T12:17:56-05:00September 12th, 2022|Tags: , , |

Today we filed a pro se petition for writ of certiorari in Tanner v. ID Dept. of Fish and Game Director Ed Schriever, et al. The Questions Presented are: 1.   Whether the Director and Officers of the State of Idaho Department of Fish and Game violate the Separation of Powers doctrine when implementing roadblocks for [...]

9 Jan, 2018

Pro se filing at the Supreme Court

2019-03-18T18:47:13-05:00January 9th, 2018|Tags: , , , |

Pro se is a legal term that comes from Latin, denoting “for oneself, or on one’s own behalf.” It means that an individual is representing him- or her-self in court, by choice, without the help of an attorney. Given the state of our economy and the rising costs of legal representation, it should come as no [...]