| 2 - "How to file your OWN complaint re: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)" (by John Tassone; "Thanks to the Pennsylvania Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities for providing this information on how to file a Pro Se Lawsuit.") "Pro Se? Nothing to it!" 'What is a Pro Se Complaint? This is, quite simply, a lawsuit that a person files without a lawyer. The ADA Pro Se must be filed in Federal District Court., because the ADA is a Federal law. To find out which US District Court you will be filing your complaint in, look in the phone book blue (or green) pages, under United States Government Offices, "U.S. Courts". Why file a Pro Se complaint? As the chair of an advocacy group called the Disability Action Crew (DAC), I have lots of information to help others advocate for access. With every question I get asked about advocacy, it seems I often end up with more questions that go unanswered. It's like a coach trying to beat a team that makes all the rules as the game goes along. He's out there, he's trying to win, but every time he goes for the goal there's a different set of rules. Advocacy's like that<we don't know the rule of winning access until we break them. And we look to authorities for the answers: the DOJ, the EEOC, the HRC, the DOT. How about us? We are the real authority, because we live with the discrimination day in and day out. The Pro Se is our tool. Many businesses and other public accommodations are not making their places accessible. Their attorneys told them to ignore the ADA until someone makes an issue out of the lack of access....' for the REST of the article (AND A PRO SE FORM TO DOWNLOAD) .... go to - http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/archive/pro-se.htm back to MoebiUS HOME |