>be a transgender lesbian of color in San Francisco without a lawyer suing a straight white male
>defendant has a shitty fresh-out-of-an-unaccredited-law-school lawyer
>he repeatedly loses every single motion hearing he brings and at one point makes a colossal procedural fuckup and soon thereafter moves the court to relieve him of his fuckup
>the Court of Appeals has articulated an extremely lenient standard for relief, but I oppose the motion with full force and cite legal authorities from 1910 to 2010
>know he's going to win anyway but I'm hoping for some sweet sanctions
>he loses
>he has no chance of winning because of his fuckup and no money to pay his lawyer thousands upon thousands to seek relief on the ruling by writ of mandate, even though he'd probably win if he appealed because the courts of appeal are pussies
>mfw
Is this what it's like to be the oppressor?