Key legal question
Whether the appeal could be considered despite representation by a non-lawyer.
Extracted holding
Representation by a non-lawyer was inadmissible, but the court did not return the filing for correction because the appeal was plainly unfounded.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 40(1) BGG, non-lawyer representation is not permitted; however, Art. 42(5) BGG allowed the court to dispense with remediation where the filing was manifestly doomed to fail.