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covers the following counties: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana. U.S. District Court 777 Florida Street, Suite 139 Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Western District of Louisiana – There are several divisions in the Western District, but all pleadings should be filed at the below address. The district includes the following counties: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, Jefferson Davis, De Soto, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Jackson, Lafayette, La Salle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, Tensas, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, Winn. Robert H. Shemwell, Clerk 300 Fannin St., Ste. 1167 Shreveport, LA 71101-3083 MAINE (1 st Circuit) District of Maine – There are two divisions in Maine, you should file in the appropriate division, as explained below. Bangor Division: Arronstrook, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, Washington. Cases from one of these counties, file at: Clerk, U.S. District Court 202 Harlow Street, Room 357 P.O. Box 1007 Bangor, Maine 04330 Portland Division: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc, York. Cases that arise in these counties should be filed at the Portland Courthouse, except if you are in prison at Thomaston or Warren, in which case you should file at the above Bangor location, Clerk, U.S. District Court 156 Federal Street Portland, Maine 04101 MARYLAND (4 th Circuit) District of Maryland – There are two divisions in the District of Maryland, and you can file in either location. U.S. Courthouse U.S. Courthouse 101 W. Lombard Street 6500 Cherrywood Lane Baltimore, MD 21201 Greenbelt, MD 20770 MASSACHUSETTS (1 st Circuit) District of Massachusetts – There are three divisions in the District of Massachusetts. Eastern Division: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse 1 Courthouse Way – Suite 2300 Boston, MA 02210 Central Division: Worcester County Harold D. Donohue Federal Building & Courthouse 595 Main Street – Rm 502 Worcester, MA 01608 Western Division: Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire Federal Building & Courthouse 1550 Main Street Springfield, MA 01103 MICHIGAN (6 th Circuit) Eastern District of Michigan – There are several divisions in this district, but you can file in whichever courthouse you want. The Eastern District of Michigan includes the following counties: Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Iosco, Isabella, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Midland, Monroe, Montmorency, Oakland, Ogemaw, Oscodo, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Washtenaw, Wayne. U.S. District Courthouse U.S. District Courthouse 200 E. Liberty Street 1000 Washington Ave., R. 304 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 P.O. Box 913 Bay City, Michigan 48707 Theodore Levin U.S. District Courthouse U.S. Courthouse 600 Church Street 231 W. Lafayette Blvd. Flint, Michigan 48502 Detroit, Michigan 48226 United States District Courthouse 526 Water Street Port Huron, Michigan 48060 Western District of Michigan – there is a Northern and a Southern Division in the Western District of Michigan, but you can file your complaint at the headquarters in Grand Rapids. The Western District includes the following counties: Alger, Allegan, Antrim, Baraga, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevioux, Chippewa, Clinton, Delta, Dickinson, Eaton, Emmet, Gogebic, Grand Traverse, Hillsdale, Houghton, Ingham, Ionia, Iron, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Keweenaw, Lake, Leelanau, Luce, Mackinac, Manistee, Marquette, Mason, Mecosta, Menominee, Missaukee, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ontonagon, Osceola, Ottawa, Saint Joseph, Schoolcraft, Van Buren, Wexford. United States District Court Western District of Michigan JAILHOUSE LAWYERS HANDBOOK - APPENDIX 95
399 Federal Building 110 Michigan St NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 MINNESOTA (8 th Circuit) District of Minnesota – There are several different courthouses in the District of Minnesota, and you can file in whichever one you want. 202 U.S. Courthouse 700 Federal Building 300 S. 4th Street 316 North Robert St. Minneapolis, MN 55415 St. Paul, MN 55101 417 Federal Building 205 USPO Building 515 W. 1st Street 118 S. Mill Street Duluth, MN 55802-1397 Fergus Falls, MN 56537 MISSISSIPPI (5 th Circuit) Northern District of Mississippi – There are four divisions in the Northern District of Mississippi, and three courthouses where you can file papers. Aberdeen Division: Alcorn, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tismomingo, Winston. In these counties, file at: Room 310 Federal Building 301 West Commerce Street P.O. Box 704 Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730 Greenville Division: Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington. In these counties, file at: U.S. District Court 305 Main Street, Room 329 Greenville, Mississippi 38701-4006 Delta Division: Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica Western Division: Benton, Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, Marshall, Montgomery, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union, Webster, Yalobusha. Prisoners in the Delta OR Western Division, file at: Room 369 Federal Building 911 Jackson Avenue Oxford, MS 38655 Southern District of Mississippi – There are three court locations in the Southern District of Mississippi, but you can file your case in the Jackson Courthouse. The District covers the following counties: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Nashoba, Newton, Noxubee, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson, Yazoo. U. S. District Court 245 East Capitol Street Suite 316 Jackson, MS 39201 MISSOURI (8 th Circuit) Eastern District of Missouri – There are three divisions in the Eastern District of Missouri, and you should file based on what county your prison is in. Eastern Division: Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln, Maries, Phelps, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Sanit Genevieve, Saint Louis, Warren, Washington, City of St. Louis Northern Division: Adair, Audrain, Chariton, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby Eastern or Northern Division, file at: Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse 111 South 10 th Street, Suite 3.300 St. Louis, MO 63102 Southeastern Division: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Wayne U.S. Courthouse 339 Broadway Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Western District of Missouri – There are several division in the Western District of Missouri, but prisoners from all counties in the district can file their complaint in Kansas City. The District covers the following counties: Andrew, Atchison, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Dade, Dallas, Daviess, DeKalb, Douglas, Gentry, Greene, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Hickory, Holt, Howard, Howell, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Livingston, McDonald, Mercer, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Newton, Nodaway, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Pettis, Platte, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Ray, Saint Clair, Saline, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster, Worth, Wright. Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse 400 E. 9th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64106 MONTANA (9 th Circuit) District of Montana – There are several divisions in the District of Montana, but all prisoners can send their complaint to the Billings Courthouse. Federal Building, Room 5405 316 North 26 th Street JAILHOUSE LAWYERS HANDBOOK - APPENDIX 96
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prisoners; and to have access to an
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another law that protects prisoners
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U.S. 460 (1983), the most important
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