Make certain that the pro se party is included in all communications with the court. Avoid ex parte contacts with the court. Serve all of your papers on the litigant properly. Avoid leading the pro se party to feel like you and he or she are being held to different standards. That There Are Limits to Indulging Pro Se Litigants.
Most courts recognize that they have a duty to treat pro se litigants with special consideration.
The court will almost always read pro se pleadings liberally, but it might also do legal research to fill the void left by the pro se litigant's lack of skill. To avoid this, make your brief clear and comprehensive, so that the court feels that it need go no farther than the law and facts you have indicated, and remind the court that it must be generous with the pro se litigant but cannot become the pro se litigant's counsel. Increase the Seriousness of the Pro Se Party's Breaches. For example, rather than waiting to see whether the party responds to your motion within the time prescribed by rule, include with the motion a form order requiring a response by the appointed day. Diminish Sympathy for a Sophisticated Pro Se Litigant.