LUCAS COUNTY LAW LIBRARY (AN EQUAL RIGHTS AND ACCESS ISSUE)
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I AM IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FOOTNOTES AND COMMENTARY TO THE SIDES OF POSTS, SO I APPOLOGIZE IF YOU CANT FOLLOW (JUST IGNORE THE (PARENTHESIS) INFO OR READ BACK FROM THE BEGINING... Its a learning process.. and a draft as usual..
IN FEDERAL AND WHAT I WAS LEAD TO BELIVE IS SEVERAL STATES ACROSS THE NATION ACCESS TO LAW LIBRARIES IS RESTRICTED. Federal courthouses only allow Bar attorneys and courthouse staff (judges and clerks, etc.) to have access to the libraries of the government. In these libraries are books about all types of federal laws and how they are applied as well as state law and books from Thompson and Ruters as well as other private publishers, these books dont just cover the law they also cover issues of discovery, from how to perform a deposition to litigation tactics of all sort. For plenty reasons I can imagine they keep the public out, none of them accommodating or considerate of the public...
Where these books cost several hundred to thousands of dollars. They are the only source of legal knowledge the public can obtain the information needed to perform the acts of litigation (pleadings, discovery and arguments), without them (though the internet has reduced the burden of pleadings and AI may on occasion give sound advice, it is on occasion incorrect) a person can not obtain compensation for injuries done to them...
It is a system where justice is bought or hard fought.
While federal courts who restrict access to the public could reasonably do so by also denying lawyers and ensuring the necessary books are available in municipality courthouses (An issue where the courts have yet to define what adequate library holdings are, that is the next case to come).. They can not and should not act in bias towards the often opponents of pro se (self represented) litigants..
If you think not having access to federal law libraries is bad, In Ohio several of the counties severely limit law library access to the public while tax payers fund lawyer serving libraries and courts that deprive pro se litigants of access to justice and increase the likelihood of victimization or unfavorable unjust outcomes against those who cant use the courts or assert a force in community or other persuasions to obtain fair rulings.
Well its going to change, Because of the suit I just brought against Lucas County its elect and the operators of its law library.
So as I was saying...
The worst of these is Lucas County of Ohio (Toledo an hour south of Detroit)..
The Lucas county law library gives the public 2 hours on 2 days to access the library, It repeatedly denied me appointment access (which the Library operator Chris Parker and the other operators who were forwarded our emails... and the Lucas County Board of Commissioners thru their attorney all refuse to notice to the public the right of appointment access). This practice of denying the public library appointments is likely not uncommon considering the refusals.. So I imagine there will be several plaintiffs to come.. But to continue, their practice of the time limiting and appointment denials creates a situation where the only way a member of the public can obtain the information they need is by violating copyright laws (and taking pictures of every or the majority of the pages of the books).
Absent that there is no reasonable way to obtain the info to study, because the law library hours are from 1-3 Tuesday and Thursday, when most people from the civil and family courts are working (and criminal pro se out on bail) .. It makes short timeline research impossible and requires repeated visits either prior to filing a suit (I strongly suggest you ask you AI what all the steps of litigation are to ensure you dont pursue claims you can not win.. Pro se litigants win 3-4% of their cases, while represented civil plaintiffs win at a rate higher than 50% "the data will be linked in later" Its how our courts work, for the financially and socially established, while treating the poor similar to the vagrants of the past.) or a pro se litigant must visit the library over and over again, in a mockery of their entitlements as Americans entitled to justice under laws and creates a submission to the will of elected (peoples).
Well this case should correct that injustice for the people of Lucas county or affirm the Authoritarian and Tyrannical practices of its government and actors allowing for retaliatorily treatments of these government bodies and actors till correction occurs.
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THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT OF THE FIRST PAGE OF THE COMPLAINT.
This case is brought because the defendants actions decrease the ability of the citizens
and visitors of Lucas County to use the courts, participate in civic matters and decrease their ability to be productive members of the community.
The defendants have restricted the publics access to the law library of Lucas County
to an unusable amount without rational reasoning. Resulting in decreased ability for the
general public to know the law, practice the law and understand the law for the purposes of personal, family and community life, business and civic engagement.
Common reasoning should say, the actions result in or create a permissiveness of
counter culture to combat injustice by those who cant obtain it in the courts and allow or
further victimization.
They effectively narrow protections the shield of the laws create, remove the sword from the justice system. While also tipping the scales in favor of criminals,
civil violators, the wealthy and connected. Creating a disparate impact for those of the
working class, lower class, elderly, uneducated and unestablished of the Lucas County
communities, Placing the burdens and frustrations of injury and damages on the community.
Their reasoning for depriving the people of the right to choose the courts as their
method of correction for injustice, is their professing that the cost of security is too great, and have offered no alternative solutions, nor been willing to entertain alternatives.
Forgive my assumptions but after conversations with them, In my opinion I find its simply stated they find these people are not of value and far from priority. They have failed to understand foundational principles of American Government.
Their practice not dissimilar from early vagrancy laws of the nation that herded people out of towns and into work camps.
"An activist who doesnt know the law and history. Who lacks data, research and reasoning to argue and petition for its change is a protester"




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