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 to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (Short Form) (AO 240)

- Certificate of Service

- Civil Rights Complaint & Instructions

- Subpoena to Appear and Testify at a Hearing or Trial in a Civil Action (AO 88)

- Subpoena to Testify at a Deposition or to Produce Documents in a Civil Action (AO 88A)

- Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises (AO 88B)

- Civil Summons (MD AL 440)

- EEOC - Employment Dispute Instructions & Complaint Format

- Motion under Title 28 U.S.C.§ 2255, to Vacate/Set Aside Sentence (AO 243)

- Notice of a Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service of a Summons (AO 398)

- Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus) (AO 241)

- Pro Se Complaint Format (generic)

- Waiver of the Service of Summons (AO399)

- Prisoner Complaint and Instruction Sheet

- Social Security Instruction and Complaint

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