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Yes I'm referring to 42 USC 1983 - the 14th amendment guarantees equal protection under the law. If I am not allowed an attorney while the defendant is in small claims - isn't that a violation of due process and civil rights? If not, please explain why?
Neither of you are allowed an attorney in a small claims court action in your state. That violation of the Michigan rules, however, is something that you would have needed to raise an objection to with the judge as the start of the hearing. Did you do that?