No, but I looked up your case, and the original decision is published in full online. One the several reasons for your lack of success was "failure to state a claim". Not surprising, because that was one of things I noticed missing from the description in your original post. Clearly stating a claim -- to which specific law applies, and over which the court in question has jurisdiction -- is a prerequisite to success in any lawsuit. There is no indication that your case wasn't handled in full accordance with the law.
One of the symptoms of the manic phases of bipolar disorder is extreme overconfidence. The fact that you chose to pursue your case without benefit of qualified legal counsel was therefore probably the direct result of your "blessing" (either that, or no lawyer was willing to take your case, because you had no legal basis for an action against the law school). Nobody can stop you from going around felling blessed, and I'm glad to hear you're under professional treatment and taking medication. But effort is also required in order to get good results, and that generally requires recognizing that there's a problem. I'm sure there are alcoholics lying in a drunken stupor, imagining that they're "blessed", but until they focus on the fact that they're alcoholics they aren't going get any better, and their "blessing" will continue to be a drag on the rest of society.
I realize it's not your fault that you suffer from mental illness, but please do your best to recognize the *bad* effects of it, so that you can work on making those effects go away. Do not assume that this would make the blessings go away too -- if the blessings are real, they won't be driven away by improvements in other areas.
I could make 350 pages worth of arguments for my positions. According to the publisher, “Blessed with Bipolar” should be in print and available no later than the end of October 2009.
My claim against the school was for breach of contract. The school’s publications (handbooks, student manuals, catalogs, etc...) constitute terms of an implied contract between a private school and its students. The school had published a long list of procedures and rights guaranteed to students before an expulsion could take place. I, however, was expelled immediately without anyone from the school ever even speaking with me, let alone conducting the formal hearing which was required by the terms of the contract. During the case no one came forward to substantiate the accusations the school had alleged against me. In fact, their star witness filed an affidavit on MY behalf, stating that the accusations, which they attributed to her, were not only false, but had never been made.
As for my “bipolar overconfidence” leading me to make the “mistake” of representing myself. I filed scores of documents over the course of 5 years, did such excellent research that I was hired by an attorney, made numerous thorough and well-reasoned arguments in many Motions and Briefs, put together a 200 page appeal, complied with ALL ot the court’s requirements - On Time, (the opposing attorney repeatedly requested extensions of time for his filings, and responded fully to all of the requests and motions of my opponents. The school, on the other hand, had to use numerous attorneys and three different law firms. yes, I represented myself. A less bipolar man would have thrown in the towel with the Defendant’s First Request for Production of Documents and Written Interrogatories. It took a Law School five years to defeat a bipolar man representing himself in Federal Court. I’d do it again in a heartbeat. I suppose you would call that another symptom. If that be so, I thank God for it!
I can live with the fact that I do not comport with your stereotype of people who have bipolar. We don’t all fit the “drain on society” mold with which you labeled me.
I trust you don’t feel that way about your patients, GovernmentShrink.