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Pro Se Tips and Tactics
Loaded on April 15, 2003
by John Midgley
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2003, page 8
If you are litigating or planning a case in federal court against state prison officials, it is very important to be clear about what rights you are asserting and what relief you are requesting. Federal courts are not allowed to simply order states to comply with all federal laws that ...
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Civil Procedure,
Damages,
Defenses,
Injunctions,
Complaints,
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Location:
United States of America.
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More from John Midgley:
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- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Magistrate Judges in Federal Courts, Nov. 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Damages, Aug. 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, April 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Dec. 15, 2002
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Unknown Defendant Identities, July 15, 2002
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- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, June 15, 2001
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Dec. 15, 2000
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