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Recently, I received notification from the Court
of a scheduled Pre Trial Conf. to be on September 12, 2008.
As a Pro per Plaintiff (slip/n/fall) I wish to ask
the Court (in advance) to provide the following:
(1) Chair with wheels/rollers - side arms
(Due to my injuries, the use of such
a chair will make it easier, and safer
for me to move about when needed, during the
Pre Trial Conf.
(2) The assistance of an individual Court
Bailiff, Assistant, or such other individual
to help me to put files/paperwork/documents
on the table prior to the hearing.
(Due to my injuries, I am very limited
in the use of my hands, wrists, fingers
arms, back and legs, and can't lift more
than a few pounds at any one time.
The assistance of such an individual would
allow me to access all of my files/papers
without the need to try and lift/move them
on my own, and will also help to eliminate
delays of the proceeding.
Are these requests allowed?
How should I present them to the Court? (Notice / Request?)
Thanks as always for your time and expertise.
Sincerely,
Patricia
ANSWER: I put in a lot of effort in my last response, so I hope that it was of use to you regarding the attorney letter.
I have no idea about the local court procedures, but someone does, and that is the superior (or district) court administrator.
Your request is going to be delivered to that person in any event, so I would suggest that you simply phone her and discuss it with her. She will have a solution in mind for you.
QUESTION: Thanks for the great suggestion! I contacted the
Admin for the Court, explained my requests/reasons for
and it is all taken care of!!
As for your prior response, indeed, you put a great amount
of time and effort into your comments and thoughts! I'm
putting it all to good use believe me!!
Now, i'm doing my Memorandum - Points and Authorities
and am preparing ( as best as I can) for the Pre Trial
Hearing coming up in a few weeks.
Wouldn't be able to get through this mess without YOU!!!
THANKS for all of your time, effort, and understanding!
Answer Thanks for your kind remarks, Patricia.
They will surely test you with a motion for summary judgment. That means that given all due consideration to all of your facts, there is no issue of material fact of record upon which you can make out proof of a prima facie case.
Hence, you will need to identify the elements of proof of your case. For that go to three kinds of books.
One place you should go is the county law library. Ask the court administrator again where it is.
Go to American Jurisprudence 2nd edition, labeled AmJur2nd. Look for some of your keywords in the index. Get an idea of liability and make your affidavit or the witness' affidavit to incorporate some of their points of proof from the book.
So this book will give a summary of the law. Next go to AmJurPOF which stands for Proof of Facts. See if you can find an entry similar to what you will have to prove.
Third, since the "law" recited in these collections is mostly from other states, you will need to try for something in your state. Hence, go to the librarian and ask him to show you how to research your own state law from a compendium of your law, usually this will be located at the end of the state statutes.
Or, if you are lucky, then you will find a state digest of your state laws or a state index that should give you some starting information to track down the status of the law in your state. The digest is the best one to find, inasmuch as it will have a good collection of state cases on any topic.
