Resources

Legal Resources

The following are some links that will help you find legal material and information. Bookmark this page and come back to it often to quickly find all legal resource material.

FEDERAL COURT RESOURCES

• United States Supreme Court

• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

• California District Courts

• Northern District

• Eastern District (Fresno and Sacramento)

• Central District (Los Angeles)

• Southern District (San Diego and Imperial County)

San Diego Federal Jails

• Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC)

• GEO (Western Regional Detention Facility)

• CCA (Otay Mesa)

• ICJ (Imperial County Jail–Houses Federal Inmates)

• Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator

• United States Pre-Trial, and U.S. Marshal

• State Court Resources

California State Courts

• California Supreme Court

• California Courts of Appeal

• San Diego Superior Court

• Riverside Superior Court

• Imperial County Superior Court

California State Inmate Locator

ORGANIZATIONS

• Families Against Mandatory Minimum Sentences (FAMM)
  This is an organization that is attempting to abolish and lessen penalties in federal cases.

• United States Sentencing Commission
  This is the organization set up by Congress to establish the penalties for federal criminal
  law violations.

• American Civil Liberties Union
  America's foremost organization for the advancement of Afro-American individuals
  and other minority groups

• The Mexican Consul In San Diego
  (Information about lost passports, visas, and complaints regarding discrimination for
  Mexican nationals)

• Electronic Freedom Foundation
  (Group formed to advance laws to protect rights to electronic privacy

RESEARCH

• Findlaw
  Has free cases and legal material

• Cornell Law School
  Contains Lots of Free Legal Publications and Material

• California Criminal Law Reporter
  subscription based service providing best summaries of California Cases