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Sample PIA Request to a Housing Authority

The Southern MD LAB office has experienced some pretty egregious due process violations in dealing with all three of our county housing authorities.  We sent the attached letter to all of them.  One immediately called and set up a meeting with us to discuss proposed changes to the administrative plan; we met with them and are considering best practices changes.  One called me and told me it would cost $11K to get the documents.  One called an told me it would be $11K to get the documents, then followed up with a letter saying that (1) they

Sample PIA - DHMH

Jennifer Goldberg offered this sample, with her usual humble disclaimer about how good it might be.  But it is a fine example, in concert with the one from Peter Sabonis for DLLR.

Sample PIA - DLLR

You can find a sample of a PIA, along with an accompanying letter requesting additional information, prepared by Peter Sabonis regarding DLLR issues at: http://www.mdjustice.org/node/1668.

I am not reattaching it, beause that would take up a good bit of space on the website server.

Objections cheat sheet

The attached "cheat sheet" was developed by the Drake University Trial Advocacy program that I attended years ago.  We used to incorporate this into New Lawyer Training.  I put this in my trial notebook for bigger trials, and keep it at hand for smaller trials.  Because sometimes, you know there's something wrong with what's going on at trial, but cannot remember exactly what it is that's wrong with it.  Having the list at hand means I can object, grab the list and scan it for an answer if the judge asks for why I am objecting.  Remember, to preserve every possible

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