Patent Group, LLC v. Johnny Ray, LLC et al, No. 2:10-cv-00380 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 1, 2010)

From the Opinion

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Pending b efore the Court is Relator Patent Group, LLC’s (“Patent Group”) Motion to Strike Johnny Ray’s Response to Complaint (Dkt. No. 6). The right to proceed pro se in civil actions is guaranteed by 28 U.S.C. § 1654: “In all courts of the United States the parties may plead and conduct their own cases personally or by counsel as, by the rules of such courts, respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein.” However, this right is limited to appear pro se on behalf of one’s self; one cannot repre…