CA: Civil Rights Defense Training Workshop: Sacramento~Nov. 17-18th

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Who: Civil Rights Attorney, L. Wallace Pate and Rosie Vincent, Family Advocate
What: Civil Rights Defense Training
When: Friday November 17th~6-9PM with 1 hour Q&A and
            Saturday the 18th~8-9-Noon...break for lunch and follow up with Q&A
                                             plus 1 hour more if needed? AND 3-6pm
Where: Folsom VFW (Get Directions)

1300 Forrest St Folsom, California 95630  (916) 985-7911  http://www.vfw.org/

Please coordinate with Christi Ashley, Krista Ricci, Julie Su Brown, Pamela Olsen with Save Our Children. I would like you all to also connect with Fatima Brown so she can help connect others to
this meeting. (All members on FB)

If you are in the San Francisco area please coordinate with Michelle Chan as we will be San Francisco on Sunday the 19th.

• Please bring all papers and documents with you and if you can make it to both areas I suggest that you do. 

Even though Wallace is a civil rights attorney she guides a lot of parents on how to get their children back! Please share this post.

 Law Offices of L. Wallace Pate
Law Firm in Beverly Hills, CA

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Areas of Law

• Civil Rights Violations
• Foster Care Abuse
• Child Abuse
• Personal Injury
• Wrongful Removal of Children
• Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents
• Medical Malpractice
• Dental Malpractice
• Medical Battery
• Sexual Assault and Rape
• Premises Liability
• Catastrophic Injury
• Brain Trauma

 

Folsom VFW

Address	1300 Forrest St Folsom, California 95630
Phone	(916) 985-7911
Website	http://www.vfw.org/

Stuff for me to do:

@Chuck Ferrari can you make a template of some sign-up sheet/parent forms? they must be individual forms for privacy issues and on that form it will have the name and phone number and what they would like to be involved in the movement what can they do as well as a brief of their case information if they want

@Chuck Ferrari can also format something he's great at it I'm not really remembering what Krista has sorry

also please when we make up a flyer or post on this meeting please ask parents to bring their detention report, petition report and jurisdiction report as well as their last minute order. Those are all separate but in my opinion I would just bring everything but I have those particularly set aside. Then she needs someone to print out a blank petition so she can explain all the codes 300 A-J so parents can know and understand So they respond accordingly

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The Nuts and Bolts of Filing a Civil Rights Claim Workshop: Sacramento, CA

If you happen to be in the neighborhood, may want to MARK YOUR CALENDAR?

Here is the information:

WHEN: Saturday, October 18at 2:15pm - 6:00pm in PDT

WHERE: 6151 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95822

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THIS IS THE CONFIRMED DATE AND TIME

• Are you filing your own civil rights complaint? 
• Do you want to know how to start the process? 

This workshop is aimed to provide parents, grandparents, caregivers, extended family, and advocates information regarding how families can pursue their rights against Child Protective Service agencies

Attorney Shawn McMillan will discuss relevant information pertaining to civil proceedings, including case law, articles, and strategies to empower families to defend and preserve their civil rights while in dependency, understand the law and how the work product and complaints can be easily be adapted to meet a family's particular circumstances.

• Please note Shawn McMillan will not be there to take on any new cases or to give specific legal advice. Its purely educational.

This will be a very fortunate opportunity to hear Shawn McMillan speak on Civil rights. Many of you know Shawn from his previous lawsuits against CPS and his charitable personal efforts to empower parents with information to fight their cases on their own. A champion for helping families who can not afford legal representation by taking the time to format the group; Families against government abuse; facebook group. He has been public in calling for lawyers to join him in assisting his efforts to make CPS accountable. If you can join the event, it will be worth the time in information and knowledge on how to proceed with your cases in civil actions. (cut and paste from Lori Callies...thanks girl)

In order to get the event space, a buffet lunch will be served. The food is actually really good at this place! I wish we could host for free, but we can't. If paying for lunch is an extreme hardship, please let us know. 

• The spot is $18 per person, please send $21 via Paypal to staceyhart317@charter.net  AGAIN PLEASE DO NOT LET PRICE DETER YOU FROM JOINING THIS INVALUABLE EVENT...JUST PM ME.
  (Note: Payments will not be accepted at the door.)

This workshop is an incredible gift by an awesome person and attorney Shawn McMillian. Having it at the Sacramento Air

FYI, I took the bus for 12 hours to Southern CA and back 12 hours to get to the workshop last November and it was the best decision!!
Save the date!!

Please arrive promptly as seating may be limited.

For those that are unaware, Shawn's motions are on Families Against Government Abuse...another huge gift.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea6VHpZJLqs 

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If you don't Know your Rights, You have NONE
Do your Research and START HERE:

  Search via Child Welfare Information Gateway>> State Guides & Manuals Search
   >Links to State publications that describe child welfare services and provide
        guidance to professionals and families.
  >Search using the options below (CTRL + Click to select multiple items):

Note: You may find, when searching on "single" criteria, 0 results may show up.
A hint that perhaps many issues still haven't be addressed in this state?

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Also, Check out a video from "Molly",
a past Director of Baltimore City Dept. of Social Services

Rethinking Foster Care:
Molly McGrath Tierney at TEDxBaltimore 2014
Let's Make This Go Viral ~ Please Share
While Watching ~ Take the Parent Survey
When allegedly accused of Child Abuse or Neglect

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5 Tips to Make the Most of Requests for Admission- CA Rules of Civil Procedure

I'm not a lawyer, but I thought this could be helpful information?
Any comments on this tips would be most helpful. Thanks

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Explore:  Request for Admissions Rules of Civil Procedure

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Requests for admission are very valuable yet underutilized tools. They’re one of the best techniques to create admissible evidence for summary judgment and trial—make good use of them!
With requests for admission, you can take an evidence shortcut by getting the admission or denial of (CCP §2033.010):

• The genuineness of any relevant document specified in the request;
• The truth of any specified relevant matters of fact (even a matter clearly in controversy);
• Opinion relating to fact; or
• The application of law to fact.

Of course, requests for admission aren’t magic bullets: They may be directed only to parties; you get only 35 of them (if they don’t relate to the genuineness of documents); and the opposing party is unlikely to make admissions on key issues if there’s an arguable dispute about them. See CCP §§2033.010, 2033.030.
You won’t realize the full benefit of requests for admission if you use them too early in case. It’s generally a good idea to wait until your own discovery allows you to identify facts, issues, or documents that are sham or shouldn’t be tried. And the opposing party is likely to give more complete responses in the later stages of discovery, when their own position is clearer.
Here are five tips for making the most of your requests for admission:

1. Focus on key undisputed facts. Focus on the key material facts in the case that your opponent can’t genuinely dispute. For example, defense counsel in a contract case involving the failure to pay should serve requests for admission to establish that the plaintiff never delivered the goods or delivered defective goods.
2. Be clear. Draft your requests for admission so they are clear, precise, and unambiguous. This may deter your opponent from objecting on the grounds that the requests are vague, ambiguous, and overbroad.
3. Avoid definitions. Although the Code of Civil Procedure allows you to define terms, try to avoid definitions in request for admission because they often create ambiguities. In addition, using definitions in the introduction of a request for admission may make it difficult to use the admission at trial.
4. Time them carefully. Consider serving requests for admission early in the litigation to evaluate weaknesses in the opposing party’s case if you want to try to achieve an early settlement or to eliminate undisputed facts and issues. Serve them during the case, e.g., to prepare for a summary judgment motion, to determine a party’s opinion on a fact, to lock in testimony. Serve them close to the discovery cutoff date so that the opposing party will have difficulty denying the admission based on incomplete investigation or lack of knowledge.
5. Avoid numerical limitation problems. Think about whether the request is likely to result in an admission and if not, leave it out. Consider not using your entire quota of 35 in the first set; save some for later use. Because the number of requests that relate to the genuineness of documents is limitless, draft your requests so that requests on facts and requests on the genuineness of documents are clearly distinguished from each other.

For everything you need to know about requests for admission, turn to CEB’s Civil Discovery Practice, chapter 9. And get step-by-step advice to help you get the most out of discovery in CEB’s Creating Your Discovery Plan.
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Know your Civil Rights Workshop- The Bolts and Nuts of How to File a Lawsuit!

• • This is an eye ball to eye ball discussion. Can't make it to S. Calif. for this great session???? Well, hopefully, you can encourage your friend and/or cyber buddy to take good notes and share this information with you??

    About the Session

    Sunday, November 24, 2013
  • 9:30am until 1:00pm in PST

• Brackett Field Airport -1615 McKinley Ave, La Verne, CA 91750

• Click Here for Location (Brackett Field is a public airport located one mile southwest of La Verne, in Los Angeles County, California, USA.) Are you filing your own civil rights complaint? Do you want to know how to start the process? This workshop is aimed to provide parents, grandparents, caregivers, extended family, and advocates information regarding how families can pursue their rights against Child Protective Service agencies Attorney Shawn Mcmillan and Nicole Williams will discuss relevant information pertaining to dependency and civil proceedings, including case law, articles, and strategies to empower families to defend and preserve their rights while in dependency, understand the law and how the work product and complaints can be easily be adapted to meet a family's particular circumstances.   Please note Shawn or Nicole will not be there to take on any new cases or to give specific legal advice. Its purely educational. Please arrive promptly as seating may be limited. Workshop will start promptly at 9:30am. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Related Links and Information:(Note: In my opinion, it is sad that "we the people" in a Republic, where laws govern us, that we do not have the knowledge to defend ourselves. Hopefully, we can change this? One should always ask Why.. and if another says you can't. Ask why NOT? If you decide to seek the assistance of Legal Council, here is a great reference>> Helping Your Lawyer >Discussion with Attorney Shawn Mcmillan on Freedom Talk Radio- Titled:   Standing to be Heard: A Lawyer Speaks Up Thank You Shawn!!!! This was a great 2 hour discussion with Shawn. So do check it out and listen to the many thoughts shared by Shawn. Link: July 30, 2013-http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedom-talk-radio-2013/2013/07/30/freedom-talk-radio-marilyn-foster-parents-legal-solutions   >Civil Rights Cases  An index of actual Civil Rights cases in CA to be viewed and to gain ideas for your case. Keep in mind each case is as unique as the individuals involved. (Practice Areas of the Law Firm) >Warrant Training  As part of litigation in one of the Civil Rights cases in CA, warrant training for the Child Protective Employees was established for the county. However, it would be wise to review this information as a concerned parent and/or caregiver. Please note, in many, many cases, children have been removed without just cause of "immanent danger" >Creating Your Law Book- Whether you seek legal assistance or not, it is vital that you carefully document the Who, What, Where, and Why of your situation. Here is some information to consider:      Reason for Law Book       Using Your Law Book Note, many don't realize that the issues that may happen to a Family, may have to be taken to different Courts: If you are accused of alleged abuse of your child, this would more than likely be a Family/Juvenile court matter. If you want to sue the agency, this would be a Civil Court matter. However, one must resolve the Family/Juvenile court issues before they go to Civil Court. Confusing, yes. >However, to get you successfully through Family Court to hopefully carry on to Civil Court, here is a great starting point:Index of State Statute Summaries relating to Family Court >Please visit my blog "Defend Yourself" and hopefully gain insight on the many issues we face in court. It is vital that you know the rules of courts, state statutes, etc. before you go to court to defend your self. (Visit Blog) Yes there are many, many websites out there. However, the key is to hope that the sites are going in a similar direction.  So for your consideration: “We are joining forces with all persons affected by Parens Patriae to include parents, extended family, foster parents and father's and mother's rights groups. While this is a difficult endeavor due to various divisions, the focus will be on challenging the system with the unified goals and commonalities that each is suffering under in family courts and through CPS.” (See Definition: Parens Patriae) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May you find Strength in Your Higher Power, Granpa Chuck Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Edition - Expanded and    More information than Original Version By Marilyn Harrison  Learn More>>          http://nfpcar.org/ShadowHardcopy Now Available>> Purchase Now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~