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CHRISTIANSEN v. MELINDA

No. S-5007.

857 P.2d 345 (1993)

Ray CHRISTIANSEN, Appellant, v. Lester MELINDA, and Alaska State Court System, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Christiansen, pro se.

Gail T. Voigtlander, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

In this case we must decide whether an agent authorized to act on his principal's behalf under a power of attorney may file and prosecute a civil action pro se in his principal's stead. We hold that he may not.

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James C. Sanders executed a statutory form power of attorney that appointed Ray Christiansen attorney-in-fact authorized to act on Sanders' behalf in all matters relating to an apartment complex...

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