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- How to Sue the Police: The Section 1983 Guide
- Monell Claims: The Complete Guide to Suing a City Under Section 1983
- Fifth Amendment: Booking Questions and Other Exceptions
- Fifth Amendment: Can Police or Jail Staff Punish You for Staying Silent?
- Fifth Amendment: Questioning After You Invoke
- Fifth Amendment: What Counts as a Clear Invocation
- How and When to Amend a Section 1983 Complaint
- How to Ask for More Time in a Section 1983 Case
- How to Audit Discovery Responses in a Section 1983 Case
- How to Build a Deposition Outline in a Section 1983 Case
- How to Plead a False Police Report or Warrant Affidavit
- How to Plead Clearly Established Law Inside a Section 1983 Complaint
- How to Research Your Federal Judge Before You File
- Red-Team Your Own Filing Before You File It
- How to Write a Court Filing That Judges Trust
- Jail: Due Process After Arrest
- Before You File Anything: Local Rules and Your Judge's Standing Orders
- Miranda: When Police Actually Have to Warn You
- Privilege Logs in a Section 1983 Case
- Retaliation: Probable Cause, Arguable Probable Cause, and Nieves
- Retaliation: Retaliatory Arrest After Speech or Recording
- After Judgment: Rule 59(e) and the Postjudgment Motion for Leave to Amend
- Sample Meet-and-Confer Letter for Discovery Disputes
- Sample Motion for Extension of Time
- Sample Motion for Leave to Amend a Section 1983 Complaint
- Silence: When It Can Still Be Used Against You
- Should You Attach the Video to Your Complaint?
- What Do I File, and By When? A Section 1983 Deadline Map
- Damages and How to Document Them in a § 1983 Case
- Statute of Limitations and Tolling in a § 1983 Case
- Monell: Why Claims Get Dismissed at Rule 12
- Monell: Who Is the Final Policymaker?
- Monell: Custom or Practice Claims
- Monell: Failure-to-Train Claims
- Monell: Pleading Multiple Theories
- Monell: Finding Evidence Before Discovery
- Why Hasn't Qualified Immunity Been Overturned?
- How to Use AI in Your § 1983 Case
- Sample Declaration for a § 1983 Case
- How to Write a Declaration in a § 1983 Case
- Sample Response to a Motion to Dismiss in a § 1983 Case
- How to Research Clearly Established Law in a § 1983 Case
- Monell: What a Monell Claim Is and How to Plead It
- Excessive Force Claim Elements and Graham Factors in a § 1983 Case
- False Arrest Claim Elements and Defenses in a § 1983 Case
- Terry Stop and Stop-and-Frisk Claims in a § 1983 Case
- How to Stress-Test a § 1983 Case Before Filing
- How to Name Defendants in a § 1983 Lawsuit
- How to Get Police Records Before Filing a § 1983 Case
- Sample § 1983 Complaint for a False Arrest Case
- How to Write a § 1983 Complaint
- In Forma Pauperis: The IFP Trap in a § 1983 Case
- How the Defense Will Try to Shrink, Reframe, or Kill Your § 1983 Case
- Pro Se: How to Avoid Looking Like the Problem
- You Will Probably Lose. You Might Sue Anyway. Here's Why That Still Matters.
- Wolves v. Sheep: Why Section 1983 Cannot Be Your Only Strategy
- Why No Lawyer Will Take Your § 1983 Case
- Heck: When a Section 1983 Claim Is Barred
- How Courts Cut Back Section 1983 with Court-Made Rules
- Section 1983 Is Getting Harder to Win
- Who You Cannot Sue Under § 1983
Case Law Library (259)
- Adams v. Metiva
- Alexander v. City of Round Rock
- Alford v. State
- Allen v. Cisneros
- Amnesty America v. Town of West Hartford
- Anderson v. Creighton
- Anderson v. Pasadena Independent School District
- Ashcroft v. al-Kidd
- Ashcroft v. Iqbal
- Atwater v. City of Lago Vista
- Babb v. Dorman
- Bailey v. Ramos
- Baird v. Renbarger
- Baker v. McCollan
- Baker v. Putnal
- Banda v. State
- Barnes v. Felix
- Barney v. Pulsipher
- Barrera v. City of Irving
- Barrios-Barrios v. Clipps
- Batyukova v. Doege
- Beck v. Ohio
- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
- Benavides v. County of Wilson
- Bennett v. City of Slidell
- Benningfield v. City of Houston
- Bevill v. Fletcher
- Bevill v. Wheeler
- Blackburn v. City of Marshall
- Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown
- Bostock v. Clayton County
- Brady v. Maryland
- Brooks v. City of West Point, Mississippi
- Brosseau v. Haugen
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Brown v. Bryan County (On Remand)
- Brown v. Tarrant County
- Bryant v. Ditech Financial, L.L.C.
- Buehler v. Dear
- Burge v. St. Tammany Parish
- Burns-Toole v. Byrne
- Campbell v. City of San Antonio
- Carnaby v. City of Houston
- Carroll v. Ellington
- Carter v. Morris
- Case v. City of New York
- Chacon v. Copeland
- Chandler v. United States
- Childers v. Iglesias
- City of Canton v. Harris
- City of Houston v. Hill
- City of Houston v. Nicolai
- City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.
- City of Riverside v. Rivera
- City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik
- Club Retro, L.L.C. v. Hilton
- Cole v. Carson
- Collins v. Bauer
- Connick v. Thompson
- County of Sacramento v. Lewis
- Culbertson v. Lykos
- Curran v. Aleshire
- Davenport v. City of Garland, Texas
- Degenhardt v. Bintliff
- Deorle v. Rutherford
- Devenpeck v. Alford
- Deville v. Marcantel
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
- Erickson v. Pardus
- Escalante v. Hammel
- Esquivel v. Eastburn
- Estate of Davis ex rel. McCully v. City of North Richland Hills
- Eugene v. Alief Independent School District
- Farrar v. Hobby
- Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass'n
- Foman v. Davis
- Fraire v. City of Arlington
- Franks v. Delaware
- Freeman v. Gore
- Fuentes v. Nueces County
- Gallagher v. State
- Gentilello v. Rege
- Giglio v. United States
- Gladden v. Roach
- Glenn v. City of Tyler
- Gonzales v. Westbrook
- Gonzalez v. Kay
- Gonzalez v. Trevino
- Goodman v. Harris County
- Graham v. City of Irving
- Graham v. Connor
- Gros v. City of Grand Prairie
- Grossman v. City of Portland
- Hale v. Townley
- Hanks v. Rogers
- Harlow v. Fitzgerald
- Harmon v. City of Arlington
- Hartman v. Moore
- Heck v. Humphrey
- Hernandez v. Mesa
- Hicks v. Stahl
- Hilliard v. Ferguson
- Hodge v. Engleman
- Hope v. Pelzer
- Hughes v. Garcia
- Hughes v. Lott
- Huong v. City of Port Arthur
- Hutcheson v. Dallas County
- Illinois v. Gates
- Imbler v. Pachtman
- In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation
- In re Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation (Vanderbrook v. Unitrin Preferred Ins. Co.)
- Jabary v. City of Allen
- Jackson v. Procunier
- Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- James v. Harris County
- Jett v. Dallas Independent School District
- Johnson v. City of Shelby
- Jutrowski v. Township of Riverdale
- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Sales, Inc. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.
- Kaley v. United States
- Keane v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
- Keenan v. Tejeda
- Kelson v. Clark
- Kentucky v. Graham
- Kopec v. Tate
- Kostic v. Texas A&M University at Commerce
- Krupski v. Costa Crociere S.p.A.
- Kyles v. Whitley
- Lago-Planas v. Crocker
- Lawrence v. Kenosha County
- Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence & Coordination Unit
- Lewis v. City of New Orleans
- Littell v. Houston Independent School District
- Livingston v. DeSoto Independent School District
- Livingston v. Texas
- Lone Star Fund V (U.S.), L.P. v. Barclays Bank PLC
- Lynch v. Cannatella
- MacCloskey v. City of Dallas
- Malley v. Briggs
- Martin K. Eby Construction Co. v. Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
- Mattos v. Agarano
- Maxwell v. Mesquite ISD
- McDonough v. Smith
- McKinley v. City of Eloy
- Meade v. Grubbs
- Meals v. Hale County Sheriff's Office
- Mendenhall v. Riser
- Mesa v. Prejean
- Michalik v. Hermann
- Miranda v. County of Lake
- Monell v. Department of Social Services
- Monroe v. Pape
- Morgan v. Swanson
- Mullenix v. Luna
- Nelson Radio & Supply Co. v. Motorola, Inc.
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
- New York v. Quarles
- Nieves v. Bartlett
- Northington v. Jackson
- Ordonez v. Gonzalez
- Owen v. City of Independence
- Padilla v. Mason
- Pagan-Negron v. Seguin Independent School District
- Palo ex rel. Estate of Palo v. Dallas County
- Pearson v. Callahan
- Peña v. City of Rio Grande City
- Pennsylvania v. Muniz
- Peterson v. City of Fort Worth
- Pfannstiel v. City of Marion
- Piazza v. Mayne
- Pierson v. Ray
- Pineda v. City of Houston
- Pinedo v. City of Dallas
- Piotrowski v. City of Houston
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Poole v. City of Shreveport
- Presley v. City of Benbrook
- Priester v. City of Riviera Beach
- Prim v. Stein
- Pyles v. Raisor
- Raiche v. Pietroski
- Raley v. Fraser
- Ramirez v. Martinez
- Ratliff v. Aransas County
- Rich v. Palko
- Roberts v. City of Forest Acres
- Roe v. Wade
- Roque v. Harvel
- Rose v. Herrera
- Russell v. Altom
- Russell v. State
- Ryan v. Lopez
- Salas v. Carpenter
- Sanchez v. Young County
- Scott v. Harris
- Shaw v. Stroud
- Sibron v. New York
- Siglar v. Hightower
- Simpson v. State
- Skyy v. City of Arlington
- Sligh v. City of Conroe
- Smith v. Brenoettsy
- Snyder v. Trepagnier
- Spencer v. Rau
- Spiller v. City of Texas City Police Department
- Spiller v. Harris County
- Spiller v. Harris County, Texas
- State v. Martinez
- Stephenson v. McClelland
- Stone v. Powell
- Strickler v. Greene
- Swilley v. City of Houston
- Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park
- Tamborello v. State
- Tarver v. City of Edna
- Taylor v. Barkes
- Taylor v. Riojas
- Tennessee v. Garner
- Terrell v. Town of Woodworth
- Terry v. Ohio
- Texas DPS v. Petta
- Texas v. Brown
- Thomas v. Arn
- Thompson v. City of Galveston
- Thompson v. Clark
- Tolan v. Cotton
- Torrez v. Barron
- Tower v. Glover
- Townsend v. State
- Traylor v. Yorka
- Tuchman v. DSC Communications Corp.
- Turner v. Driver
- United States v. Hearn
- United States v. Lopez-Moreno
- United States v. Lugo
- United States v. Morris
- United States v. Tinkle
- United States v. Wadley
- Valle v. City of Houston
- Vega v. Tekoh
- Vincent v. City of Sulphur
- Wafer v. Molina
- Wallace v. Kato
- Walters v. McMahen
- Webster v. City of Houston
- Westfall v. Luna
- White v. Jackson
- Whitley v. Hanna
- Whren v. United States
- Will v. Michigan Department of State Police
- Winegarner v. City of Irving
- Winfrey v. Rogers
- Wyatt v. Cole
- Young v. City of Irving
- Zarnow v. City of Wichita Falls
- Zavala v. Harris County
- Ziglar v. Abbasi
Terms and Concepts (138)
- § 1983
- § 1983 Conspiracy
- § 1988
- Absolute Immunity
- Accrual
- Affirmative Defenses
- Amended Complaint
- Answer
- Attorney Fees
- Binding Precedent
- Bivens Action
- Body Camera Footage
- Brady Violation
- Causation
- Class Action
- Clearly Established Law
- Collateral Estoppel
- Collateral Order Doctrine
- Color of Law
- Compensatory Damages
- Consent Decree
- Consent Search
- Custom
- De Novo Review
- Deadly Force
- Declaratory Judgment
- Deliberate Indifference
- Demand Letter
- Deposition
- Deprivation of Rights
- Discovery
- Eighth Amendment
- Eleventh Amendment
- Ex Parte Young
- Excessive Force
- Exhaustion of Remedies
- Exigent Circumstances
- Expert Witness
- Failure to Intervene
- Failure to Supervise
- Failure to Train
- False Arrest
- False Imprisonment
- Favorable Termination
- Federal Circuit Courts
- Federal Jurisdiction
- Final Policymaker
- First Amendment Retaliation
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fourth Amendment
- Franks Violation
- Graham Factors
- Heck Doctrine
- In Forma Pauperis
- Incorporation by Reference
- Individual Capacity
- Information and Belief
- Injunctive Relief
- Injury in Fact
- Interlocutory Appeal
- Interrogatories
- Intracorporate Conspiracy Doctrine
- Irreparable Harm
- Judicial Immunity
- Local Rules
- Magistrate Judge
- Malicious Prosecution
- Meet and Confer
- Monell Liability
- Mootness
- Motion for Extension of Time
- Motion to Compel
- Motion to Dismiss
- Moving Force Causation
- Municipal Indemnification
- Municipal Liability
- Nominal Damages
- Official Capacity
- PACER
- Pearson v. Callahan
- Personal Participation
- Plain View Doctrine
- Plausibility Pleading
- PLRA
- Preliminary Injunction
- Pretrial Detention
- Privilege Log
- Pro Se
- Probable Cause
- Prosecutorial Immunity
- Protective Order
- Proving Damages
- Proximate Cause
- Punitive Damages
- QI Reform
- Qualified Immunity
- Ratification
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Relation Back
- Remand
- Removal
- Report and Recommendation
- Requests for Admission
- Requests for Production
- Respondeat Superior
- Right to Record Police
- Rooker-Feldman Doctrine
- Rule 11
- Rule 12(d) Conversion
- Rule 26(f) Conference
- Rule 4(m) Service Deadline
- Rule 5.2 Redaction
- Rule 56(d) Declaration
- Saucier Sequence
- Scheduling Order
- Search Incident to Arrest
- Section 1985
- Seizure
- Service of Process
- Settlement
- Sovereign Immunity
- Spoliation
- Standing
- Standing Order
- State Action
- State of Mind
- Statute of Limitations
- Substantive Due Process
- Summary Judgment
- Supervisory Liability
- Supplemental Jurisdiction
- Terry Stop
- Tolling
- TRO
- Venue
- Warrant Requirement
- Witness Immunity
- Younger Abstention
The Legal Process (14)
- Step 1: Preparing Your Case
- Step 1.5: FOIA & Records Requests
- Step 1.7: Organizing Your War Room
- Step 3: Filing Your Case
- Step 4: Service of Process
- Step 5: Rule 12 Motions
- Step 5.5: Report & Recommendation
- Step 6: Answer & Affirmative Defenses
- Step 7: Discovery
- Step 8: Summary Judgment
- Step 9: Interlocutory Appeal
- Step 10: Pretrial
- Step 11: Trial
- Step 12: Post-Trial & Appeal
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