Opinion
No. C5-96-252.
Filed July 9, 1996.
Appeal from the District Court, Cass County, File No. F895979.
Sunny Buckley-Wallace, (Respondent Pro Se).
Ronald S. Cayko, Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota, (for Appellant).
Considered and decided by Schumacher, Presiding Judge, Lansing, Judge, and Short, Judge.
This opinion will be unpublished and may not be cited except as provided by Minn. Stat. § 480A.08, subd. 3 (1994).
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Ronald Patrick Kresien appeals from the district court's order for protection, arguing the order should be reversed because he was not given proper notice of the hearing. We affirm.
FACTS
Sunny Buckley-Wallace sought an order for protection against Kresien, alleging acts of domestic abuse and requesting the return of items of personal property. On October 13, 1995, the district court granted Buckley-Wallace an ex parte order for protection and set an evidentiary hearing for October 19, 1995. Kresien was personally served with notice for the hearing on October 16, 1995.
At the hearing on October 19, 1995, Buckley-Wallace and Kresien appeared pro se. The district court denied Kresien's motion to have an advocate present upon learning the advocate was not an attorney. After the hearing, the district court granted Buckley-Wallace the order for protection and ordered Kresien to return certain personal property. Kresien appeals.
DECISION
For the first time on appeal, Kresien argues that he was not given the required five-day notice of the hearing. See Minn. Stat. § 518B.01, subd. 5(a) (Supp. 1995) ("[p]ersonal service shall be made upon the respondent not less than five days prior to the hearing"). Kresien appeared at the hearing, and he concedes that he did not assert any lack of notice. He argues that because he appeared at the hearing pro se he should not be expected to know of his rights under the statute. Pro se litigants, however, are held to the same standard as attorneys. Heinsch v. Lot 27, Block 1 For's Beach , 399 N.W.2d 107, 109 (Minn.App. 1987). Because Kresien failed to raise the issue of lack of notice at the hearing, he has waived it. See Thiele v. Stich , 425 N.W.2d 580, 582 (Minn. 1988) (appellate court will review only those issues first raised in district court).