Filing a case

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Filing a case

Postby Marina » Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:28 pm

Federal Courts home page

http://www.uscourts.gov/

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Understanding the Federal Courts

http://www.uscourts.gov/understand03/media/UFC03.pdf

page 18 - Civil cases

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http://www.uscourts.gov/faq.html

Filing a Case

1. Q: How do I file a civil case? Is there a charge?
A civil action is commenced by the filing of a complaint. Parties instituting a civil action in a district court are required to pay a filing fee pursuant to Title 28, U.S. Code, Section 1914. The current fee is $250. Complaints may be accompanied by an application to proceed in forma pauperis, meaning that the plaintiff is incapable of paying the filing fee. Proceedings in forma pauperis are governed by Title 28, U.S. Code, Section 1915.


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http://www.uscourts.gov/understand03/content_4_0.html

Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts

First,
interpret the law only through the resolution of actual legal disputes

Second, assuming there is an actual case or controversy, the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit also must have legal "standing" to ask the court for a decision. That means the plaintiff must have been aggrieved, or legally harmed in some way, by the defendant.

Third, the case must present a category of dispute that the law in question was designed to address, and it must be a complaint that the court has the power to remedy.

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http://www.uscourts.gov/electaccrt.html

Electronic Access to Courts

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Postby Marina » Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:22 pm

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/index.html

APPENDIX OF FORMS
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Forms.pdf

page 17
Form 24. Request for Production of Documents, etc., Under Rule 34

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Postby Marina » Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:14 pm

http://forms.lp.findlaw.com/form/courtf ... 000023.pdf

HOW TO DRAFT A COMPLAINT IN FEDERAL COURT


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