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Pro Se Tips and Tactics: The Pro Se Complaint
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2004
by Daniel E. Manville
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2004, page 14
by Daniel ManvilleThe last column in the September, 2004, issue of PLN discussed "Proceeding In Forma Pauperis."2 That article explains that a prisoner is usually required to pay a partial filing fee before the complaint will be filed by the federal court clerk. The federal court will establish a ...
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- Business as Usual, by Todd Matthews
- Death Exposes Inadequate Mental Health Care in Oregon Prisons, by Mark Wilson
- PAMII Requires Records Release in Connecticut Prisoners' Deaths
- CMS Must Pay $1.75 Million in Illinois Jail Suicide, by John E Dannenberg
- Exculpatory Evidence Must Be Disclosed at Prison Disciplinary Hearing, by David Reutter
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Wisconsin County Settles Negligent Death Claim for $1.2 Million
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- California Prisons' Joint-Venture Program Under Statewide Court Injunction, by John E Dannenberg
- New York Prisoner Informant Awarded $7.65 Million In Failure-To-Protect Suit, by Michael Rigby
- California Parole Board Must Vacate Parole Denial And Give Lifer New Hearing, by John E Dannenberg
- Private Capitol Punishment: The Florida Model, by David Reutter
- New York City: Thousands Unnecessarily Imprisoned at Enormous cost
- Judge Barkett Dissents from Expansion of "In Custody" Meaning for PLRA purposes
- Washington Supreme Court Rejects Federal Mail-Box Rule
- Washington Prison Labor Program Struck Down, by Paul Wright
- Guards Fornicate, Sell Drugs in Pennsylvania Jails
- Vermont Auditor's Report Blasts CCA and CMS, by David Reutter
- Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-Run Prisons in Iraq, by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke
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- Nevada Prisoner Killed in Rec Yard Riot
- Wisconsin District Court Reversed; PLRA Fee Limits Constitutional, Says Seventh Circuit
- "Therapeutic Seclusion" of Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Contrary to Professional Judgment, by David Reutter
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- BOP Fires Prison Guard Accused of Rape, Attempted Murder
- Qualified Immunity Granted for Warrantless Parole Search
- Hermaphroditic Wyoming Prisoner Awarded $1,000 for 14 Months in Solitary
- New York Prison Officials Denied Qualified Immunity in Revoking Prisoner's Temporary Release
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More from Daniel E. Manville:
- Federal Prison Staff Are Law Enforcement Official For Purposes Of FTCA Claims, March 15, 2008
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Three-Strikes and No More, Nov. 15, 2005
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: The Pro Se Complaint, Dec. 15, 2004
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Sept. 15, 2004
- Court Mail Is Legal Mail; Damages and Fees Upheld in Legal Mail Opening, Feb. 15, 2004
- Federal Legal Standards for Prison Medical Care, May 15, 2003
- Statutes Affecting Disabled Prisoners, April 15, 2003
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