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"The Worst Behavior This Court Has Ever Observed of a … Litigant"

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That's what Judge Liles Burke's opinion in Germany v. Slater (that's Germany the person, not the Federal Republic) promises:

Over the past 17 years, this judicial officer has served as a municipal judge, a state district judge, a state appellate judge, and, now as a United States district judge. What follows is a description of the worst behavior this Court has ever observed of a pro se litigant, or for that matter, any litigant.

Does it deliver? You be the judge.

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.