It sounds like you are preparing an Appellant's Opening Brief and Excerpts of Record for filing with the United States Court of Appeals for the...

Federal Habeas Corpus litigant.

From the on-line case docket, it appears that the case is set to be dismissed because, among other reasons, the petitioner has failed to respond to...

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Under what circumstances would it be okay to copy a couple paragraphs from a patent and publish them in a book?

As the others have correctly noted, patent applications are protected by copyright law, If you copy paragraphs from such an application. you could...

Can I write a letter to a Judge?

If you would like to write a letter to a trial court judge, it would be good to also copy the prosecutor assigned to the case. That way the judge...

How long does one have to pay fees to transfer documents for an appeal?

Proceeding with an appendix instead of a clerk's transcript is more cost effective. However, if there are relevant oral trial court proceedings...

Coram nobis a legal writ issued by a court to correct a previous, fundamental error where no other remedy is available. A petition for a writ of...