In the future, it will be harder for some pro se litigants to pursue their legal claims.
In the just-completed General Assembly session, lawmakers approved a measure aimed at low-income, self-represented parties who do not have to pay court filing fees. There is mounting anecdotal evidence that a handful of non-lawyers were taking advantage of the fee waivers to file dozens of lawsuits, many of them ultimately judged to be frivolous.
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