HAS THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF INJUSTICE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PRO SE LITIGANTS IN A MANNER THAT VIOLATES THE SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION?

The primary purpose of this article is to enhance the awareness of pro se litigants that the Superior Court of Brunswick County, North Carolina may have established a system of injustice that discriminates against pro se... [ view full abstract ]

The primary purpose of this article is to enhance the awareness of pro se litigants that the Superior Court of Brunswick County, North Carolina may have established a system of injustice that discriminates against pro se litigants in a manner that violates the Substantive Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In this regard, the instant article has significant public interest not only for pro se litigants, but also for any person associated with the legal community as well as legal scholars.
Specifically, this article argues that the procedural posture of the case study reveals that the Superior Court of Brunswick County, North Carolina (NC) has established a system of injustice that discriminates against pro se litigants in a manner that violates the Substantive Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. More specifically, through an analysis of the procedural posture of the case study, this article shows a system of injustice established by the Superior Court of Brunswick County, NC that is applied to a pro se plaintiff.
In a case study approach, the three primary objectives of this article are:
(1) To establish the procedural posture of the case study;
(2) To establish the law at issue; and
(3) To apply the law at issue to the procedural posture of the case study for the purpose of identifying U.S. constitutional implications for the pro se plaintiff.
This article argues that if these objectives are met, the procedural posture of the case study reveals that the Superior Court of Brunswick County, NC has established a system of injustice that discriminates against pro se litigants in a manner that violates the Substantive Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In this regard, the instant article has significant public interest not only for pro se litigants, but also for any person associated with the legal community as well as legal scholars.
In a case study approach, this article accomplishes its primary purpose and objectives in a stepwise fashion as follows.
• In Part I, the procedural posture of the case study is established.
• In Part II, the law at issue is identified.
• In Part III, the law at issue is applied to procedural posture of the case study actual for the purpose of identifying U.S. constitutional implications for the pro se plaintiff.
In Part IV, implications of the findings in Part III for pro se litigants, persons associated with the legal community, and legal scholars are presented.