Gratuitous Legal Griping

I hate days of intensive online Westlaw research. It does bad things to my eyes.

That's me - Abbe Normal, Esq.

UPDATE: Well, it has its moments as well. Witness the clarion call of the pro se plaintiff:

Plaintiff Dontigney, who also calls himself “Stepstrong Shadow,” is incarcerated at Enfield Correctional Institution. He characterizes himself as a “Native Indigenous American Mohegan Indian Red Skin of Connecticut ···” Pl. Mem. in Opp. to Def. Mot. to Dismiss [Doc. # 21] at 7. He alleges that defendants have harmed him by releasing “A Man Called Horse,” which was “false” and “non-authentic,” Complaint Count 1, ¶ 3, and wrongly portrayed Native Americans as “savages.” Id. ¶ 4. He alleges that defendants were trying “to convince the public through there [sic] actions-words-advertisements that [plaintiff] and indigenous native people are in fact savages as described in their words or there [sic] production package.” Id. The complaint further alleges that “as a result of the def[endants'] actions pl[aintiff] was severely prejudiced and bias [sic] against and made fools and clowns of. In other words the def[endants] made perfect ass holes out of indigenous native life and me the pro se Shadow pl[aintiff] on production and film. No man likes to be called names.” Id. ¶ 20. Plaintiff appears to claim damages of $165 million. See “Required Relief Equal Rights,” attached to Complaint.

The guy filed his claim in 2004. Seeing as A Man Called Horse is a 1970 film, there were juuuust a few statute of limitations problems with the suit.

But I suppose when you're locked up and have nothing else to do, why the hell not give it a whirl?