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Public Interest

Mar. 13, 2009

Court Clinic Helps Pro Se Litigants

Law clinic for Pro Se litigants in downtown L.A. federal court aims to make life easier for plaintiffs and lighten load on judges with better prepared cases.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Jose Ayala, a 31-year-old unemployed man, is a familiar face on the fifth floor of the Spring Street federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.

He is suing the Santa Monica Police Department, the Los Angeles County Superior Court and a towing company, claiming that he was the victim of fraud and civil rights violations when he was arrested for marijuana possession after his car was towed....

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