Handbook
Forms
Sample Complaint/Petition Forms
- Complaint - 42 U.S.C. § 1983
- Complaint - Age Discrimination
- Complaint - Americans with Disabilities Act
- Complaint - Bivens Action
- Complaint - General
- Complaint - Title VII Civil Rights Act
- Petition - Habeas Corpus 28 U.S.C. § 2241
- Petition - Habeas Corpus 28 U.S.C. § 2254
Other Forms
- Affidavit of Service by Mail
- Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis
- Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Inmate)
- Certificate of Service by Mail
- Civil Case Cover Sheet
- Civilian Pro Se Forms Packet
- Motion for Appointment of Counsel
- Motion to Mandate Decision or Interim Social Security Benefits
- Notice of Consequences of Failing to Respond to a Motion for Summary Judgment
- Prisoner Pro Se Forms Packet
- Pro Se ECF Registration Form
- Pro Se Instructions for ECF Login
- Pro Se Motion to Obtain ECF Login
- Pro Se Notice
- Pro Se Privacy Notice
- Request for Civil Subpoena
- Social Security Appeal Package Instructions and Forms
- Summons in a Civil Action - AO440 (Pro se plaintiff has IFP status)
- Summons in a Civil Action - AO440 (Pro se plaintiff paid filing fee)
- Waiver of Service of Summons
Filing an Appeal with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
- Forms & Instructions
- How to appeal a Civil Case
- How to appeal a Criminal Case
- How to appeal as a Pro Se party
- Notice of Appeal
- Motion to Appeal In Forma Pauperis on Appeal
- How to file a habeas corpus petition or appeal, second or successive petition, or civil rights appeal challenging a prisoner’s detention
