Unpacking a Pro Se Petition for Writ to SCOTUS

The first piece out of the box: Judge Susan Weaver, the Arkansas Court of Appeals and the Arkansas Supreme Court were adamant that a pro se litigant is not allowed to advocate on behalf of a trust. Even if the pro se litigant is the sole trustee, sole settlor and sole non-contingent beneficiary of a revocable living trust, and extradited herself from the case.

Judge Weaver dismissed me with prejudice.

But she did not dismiss my unrepresented trust pursuant to the Common Defense Doctrine.

I paid an attorney to represent the trust on appeal.

Instead of reversing Judge Weaver, the Court of Appeals waited two years and then said they didn’t have jurisdiction. Their basis? The trust attorney wrote a Notice of Appeal that said the appeal was from an interim order, not the final order written a week later. (Both orders were filed before the appeal was filed.) The Notice of Appeal I wrote on my own behalf referenced the correct order.

Both Searcy County Court and the Arkansas COA allowed the errant trust attorney to withdraw from the case, even though the trust did not have a replacement.

Hey. Is there an attorney out there that wants to represent the trust or write an amicus brief to SCOTUS?

My contact info is all over the petition for writ of cert posted above. Please help.