3. Pro se.

Pro se actions are allowed, and they have been successfully prosecuted. Wrangling with experienced public sector counsel is a big obstacle to pro se success, as is lack of knowledge about this kind of specialty litigation, which can only be accomplished by seeking the extraordinary writ of mandamus. No attorney fee award is available to pro se litigants. State ex rel. Thomas v. Ohio State Univ., 71 Ohio St. 3d 245, 643 N.E.2d 126 (1994)