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Chapter Five
How to Start Your Lawsuit
Chapter Five: How to Start Your Lawsuit This chapter explains how to start a lawsuit under Section 1983 or Bivens . It explains what legal papers to ... important to request the Local Rules from the district you plan to file in because different courts have different rules ...
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Chapter Six
What Happens After You File Your Suit
... Summary of a Lawsuit Short Summary of a Lawsuit Filing your lawsuit is only the beginning. You must be prepared ... the district court. Both of these issues are described in Section B of this chapter. Once you make it through these two ... of the facts and provide you with the evidence they plan to rely on. Discovery helps you to get important ...
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Chapter Two
Overview of Types of Lawsuits and the Prison Litigation Reform Act
... conditions or treatment in prison or detention, including Section 1983 actions, state law actions, the Federal Tort ... need is to have been “within the jurisdiction” when your rights were violated. “Within the jurisdiction” just ... so that you keep them in mind as you start to plan your lawsuit. The full text of several important ...
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Chapter Three
Your Rights in Prison
Chapter Three: Your Rights in Prison This chapter provides information ... pretrial detainees and immigration detainees. Finally, Section L provides an introduction to international law ... to have someone you know care for your children and plan visiting times. If a family member is willing but cannot ...
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Chapter One
How to Use the JLH
... supposedly did in prison. Chapter One: Table of Contents Section A What Is This Handbook? Section B How to Use ... Try and Get a Lawyer Section E Short History of Section 1983 and the Struggle for Prisoner’s Rights Section F ... Litigation Reform Act. Chapter Three summarizes many of your constitutional rights in prison. Chapter Four explains ...
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Chapter Seven
The Legal System and Legal Research
... accessible to the people. Chapter Seven: Table of Contents Section A The Importance of Precedent Section B Legal ... the system Lexis provides to lawyers outside prison. If your prison does not have a law library, and you have become ... your information in future editions of the JLH. If you plan to do a lot of research, you will probably want to read ...
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Appendix A
Glossary of Terms
... Annotation : A remark, note, or comment on a section of writing which is included to help you understand ... we explain the “cause of action” called Section 1983. “ Cert ” or “ Writ of Certiorari ” ... : The process of getting information which is relevant to your case in preparation for a trial. Discretion : The power ...