Pro Se - Commonly Used Forms
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TO USE INTERACTIVE FORMS: Once Acrobat Reader is installed, click on the form you want and when it opens you may type in the highlighted areas for text fields. For check boxes, carefully move the hand icon over the box until it becomes a finger pointer and click in the box. A dot will appear in the box which will print with a check mark.
- Application For Leave To Proceed In Forma Pauperis (IFP) and Financial Affidavit

- Certificate of Service

- Civil Rights Complaint Format

- Civil Subpoena AO88

- Civil summons AO440

- Employment Dispute Complaint Format

- Motion under Title 28 U.S.C.§2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct a sentence by a person in Federal custody

- Notice Of Lawsuit And Request For Waiver Of Service Of Summons - Form AO 398

- Petition under Title 28 U.S.C.§2254 for writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody

- Pro Se Complaint Format (generic)

- Waiver Of Service Of Summons - Form AO 399

- Prisoner Complaint and Instruction Sheet

Additional forms can be found on the U.S. Courts website at http://www.uscourts.gov/forms/.