Elias

FACTS

Plaintiff has not provided a copy of his complaint in the appellate record. According to his briefing, this matter involves legal services he and his brother received during trust litigation against Sharon. Though we cannot discern Brian’s relationship to plaintiff’s allegations, it is clear plaintiff is challenging the dismissal of both Sharon and Brian from this litigation. According to the record provided, the dismissals resulted from two hearings: a December 2023 hearing that issued an order to show cause and the ensuing February 2024 hearing regarding plaintiff’s “[f]ailure to serve” his second amended complaint “and file proper proofs of service.” A formal order of dismissal was filed in May 2024. The order recites: Sharon and Brian were dismissed after “the matter came on regularly for [the] hearing” in February 2024; the dismissals were ordered after the court “considered the evidence for and against” dismissal; and the court “heard the arguments for and against,” including “the objections of the plaintiff.” The court’s minutes show plaintiff submitted 20 filings between the December 2023 and February 2024 hearings. Less than half of those filings are identified in…