Is father's appellate brief in his personal injury case deficient in both citations and coherent legal argument?

Father's appellate brief lacks both citations to pertinent authority and a coherent legal argument. (See Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.204(a)(1)(B)-(C).) Although father appears in this court without counsel, that does not entitle him to special treatment. (See, e.g., Rappleyea v. Campbell (1994) 8 Cal.4th 975, 984-985.) " 'A litigant has a right to act as his own attorney [citation] "but, in so doing, should be restricted to the same rules of evidence and procedure as is required of those qualified to practice law before our

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