Key legal question
Whether the federal complaint satisfied the requirements of a substantive request and reasoning.
Extracted holding
The complaint did not include a request to convict the respondents for defamation and did not sufficiently challenge the cantonal cost and compensation ruling.
Extracted reasoning
Under Arts. 42 and 107 BGG, the appellant must specify the relief sought and the challenged points; he failed to do so for the defamation claim and, for costs, failed to demonstrate a violation of federal law or constitutional rights as required by Arts. 42(2) and 106(2) BGG.