United States v. John W. Barry Jr.

[AnOwlCalledSage]

A new one for me.

John Barry, Jr., proceeding pro se on appeal, challenges his criminal convictions on a number of grounds, including a lack of jurisdiction. None of his arguments are meritorious, and most are frivolous. We therefore will affirm his convictions.

https://www.taxnotes.com/research/feder ... ions/7f9x0

[The Observer]

The Government characterizes Barry's opening brief as “almost completely incoherent.”3 This description is accurate.

Of course, incoherence is de riguer for a sovcit filing. Barry apparently slipped up by making it only almost incoherent

However, we construe pleadings by pro se litigants liberally and hold them to a less stringent standard than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.

Boy, the Third is really bending over backwards by almost eliminating any sort of a standard requirement - including basic literacy - for pro se filings.