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If my lawyers pulled some shit like that I'd have different lawyers.
I would be suing my lawyer
I'm skeptical that, whether-or-not the judge can take issue with it, a dragon in a suit reaches the bar for malpractice or breach of fiduciary duty. Though I suppose that it'd be interesting to see Dragon Lawyer and a backup, non-dragon lawyer fighting that one out in court.
On what grounds?
EDIT:
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f)(1) allows a court to "strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter." Use of this dragon cartoon logo is not only distracting, it is juvenile and impertinent. The Court is not a cartoon.
Lmao, I've never heard of any other watermarks warranting this extreme response. Does the judge just get to decide whatever he wants is impertinent or scandalous?
Yeah, “scandalous” is too much. I can see “impertinent”, though. I don’t agree, but courts are notoriously uptight.
impertinent
I don't know if there's a specific legal meaning
legal jargon isn't always plain English
but it might be that the meaning there is the other English meaning of "impertinent":
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impertinent
impertinent (comparative more impertinent, superlative most impertinent)
Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
(archaic) Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.
I mean, the term right before it in the code is "immaterial", which is very close to the second common-language definition. Just because it's archaic in common-language use doesn't mean that it is in the legal world
a lot of legal terms with jargon meanings were in common use at one point.
kagis
Yeah, sounds like it:
https://www.lsd.law/define/impertinent
Definition: Impertinent means something that is not relevant or important to the matter at hand. For example, if someone is talking about their favorite food and you start talking about your favorite color, that would be impertinent because it has nothing to do with the topic being discussed. In legal terms, impertinent evidence or allegations are ones that do not help prove or disprove the case and are not important for the court to consider.
A lawfirm's watermark being deemed irrelevant or inconsequential as grounds for dismissal of a complaint seems like a rule that never applies to anybody else.
It does affect the contrast and thereby readability, so I can get behind that order.
Yeah but the cited reason that it was "impertinent" and they followed with "The Court is not a cartoon", so their reason for dismissal is not about readability.
I knew this story would find its way to you, @dragonfucker@lemmy.nz, I just knew it.
fursona
dubiously
Does it count as a fursona if it's got no fur, just scales?
yes. The furry community at large has tons of people who match this description. Scalie is a subset of furry. There are also furries whose fursonas are birds, covered in feathers. Oddly enough I don't think I've ever heard of them being called anything but 'avians' though, not 'featheries', but I'm willing to be proven wrong on that.
I even know a few people who have insect fursonas.
Well, some insects are furry. I mean, bees are furry.
They didn't strike down the complaint, they struck down the dragon...
Yep, on the grounds that the dragon is not an allegation, a claim for damages, or a request for relief.
Reddit's lawyer forum had some discussion:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Lawyertalk/comments/1ka9oc1/lets_all_start_filing_pleadings_with_a_giant/
The trial court ordered them to refile without the cartoon dragon, but did not order them to refile without a cartoon dragon.
This needs to be regulated. Like allowable D&D dragon type scales to years in practice
So, are chromatic dragons allowed at all, or just metallic? Or maybe just gold, for the lawful aspect.
Circuit split. Ninth Circuit allows chromatic obvi but Fifth has said only metallic
The judge missed the opportunity to put the order on paper with a sick dinosaur watermark
Go to his website. https://dragonlawyerspc.com/
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Millennials who grew up on anime are hitting the age of finishing their law degrees and I couldn’t be prouder
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall not file any other documents with the cartoon dragon or other inappropriate content.
Sorry
Nah, they addressed that in the thread
I only grabbed a subset. Said that they'd need a more-dignified dragon to address that.
Millenials?
Three or four years of study at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA)Oct 20, 2022 https://www.purduegloballawschool.edu/ How Long Does It Take to Become a Lawyer in ... That's five years of education followed by maybe 2 years of work on the job training) which works out a lot cheaper.Mar 23, 2025 https://www.reddit.com/ US Lawyers, why is Law school so long in the US ...
Does this person think 40 year olds are just finishing their law degrees? Or is this evidence of a bot with data only dating up to 2013?
Damn, I'm usually an uptight fuck and think furries often bring this aspect of their identity into places where it isn't appropriate, but I think the judge has a stick up their ass here and 100% agree with drag. The judicial branch is a joke when this fucking chode gets to treat the highest court in the land as his fascist rubber stamp, but these people get their complaint stricken by a magistrate judge for a cute, harmless cartoon of a dragon.
Sure, but when the government does it, it's fine: https://www.dcma.mil/News/Article-View/Article/3258274/opsec-history-from-ancient-origins-to-modern-challenges/
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