US Attorneys > USAM > Title 8 > Civil Rights Resource Manual

  1. Amicus Participation
  2. Educational Opportunities Litigation Section— Referral Procedures
  3. Housing and Civil Enforcement Section—Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  4. Non-discrimination Provisions of Title VI of the CIvil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
  5. Civil Laws Governing Law Enforcement Misconduct
  6. Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act— Generally
  7. What Constitutes A FACE Violation
  8. FACE Civil Remedies
  9. Considerations In Determining What Relief To Ask For Under FACE
  10. Constitutional Challenges to FACE
  11. Things To Remember
  12. Resources
  13. Voting Section—Termination of Coverage and Bailout—Preclearance (Section 5), Federal Examiners and Observers, Minority Language Requirements
  14. Voting Assistance for the Elderly and Handicapped Act
  15. National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Motor Voter Law)
  16. Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
  17. Absentee Voting for President (Section 202)
  18. How to Contact the Voting Section
  19. Voting Rights Act of 1965—History and Overview
  20. The National Voter Registration Act—§ 19733gg. Findings and Purposes
  21. National Voter Registrtation Act—§ 1973gg-1. Definitions
  22. National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-2. National Procedures for Voter Regisgration for Elections for Federal Office
  23. National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-4. Mail Registration
  24. National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-5. Voter Registration Agencies
  25. National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-6. Requirements With Respect to Administration of Voter Registration
  26. National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-7. Federal Coordination and Regulations
  27. National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-8. Designation of Chief State Election Official
  28. National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-9. Civil Enforcement and Private Right of Action
  29. National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-10. Criminal Penalties
  30. Coverage under the Special and Minority Language Provisions of the Voting Rights Act, by Federal Judicial District
  31. Technical Assistance
  32. Certification of Building Codes
  33. Organization of the Criminal Section
  34. List of Criminal Section and NCATF Line Attorneys (area code 202)
  35. Contacting the Criminal Section
  36. Criminal Section's Numbering System for Files
  37. Notification Letters
  38. Victim Letter Form
  39. Subject Letter Form
  40. Complaint Letter Form
  41. Head of Agency Letter
  42. Standards for FBI Investigation—Investigation Required
  43. Standards for FBI Investigation—Special Circumstances in Which Ivestigation May Not Be Required
  44. Standards for FBI Investigation—Investigatie Procedure-282A Matters—Force and or Violence
  45. Standards for FBI Investigation—Additional Ivnestigation Required—Substantial Case
  46. Standards for FBI Investigation—Investigative Procedure—44B Matters—Nonbrutality
  47. Standards for FBI Investigation—Procedures when Local, State, or Federal Agencies Are Investigating Same Incident
  48. Standards for FBI Investigation—Standards for Release of Information
  49. Criminal Civil Rights Statutes
  50. Elements—18 U.S.C. 241—Criminal Civil Rights Consipiracy
  51. Elements—18 U.S.C. § 242—Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
  52. Elements—18 U.S.C. § 245—Interference with Federally Protected Activities
  53. Interference with Religious Exercise (as amended effective July 6, 1996
  54. Elements—18 U.S.C. § 248—Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances/Damage to Religious Property
  55. Elements—42 U.S.C. § 3631—Intereference with Housing Right
  56. Elements—18 U.S.C. § 1584—Involuntary Servitude
  57. Penalties for Civil Rights Violations
  58. Attorney General's Memorandum re Violence Against Churches
  59. National Church Arson Task Force
  60. Protocol For NCATF Investigations And Prosecutions
  61. Fair Housing—Sample Consent Order
  62. Sample Complaint of Discrimination Under the Amended Fair Housing Act
  63. Sample Interrogatories
  64. Sample Request for Production of Documents
  65. Sample Fair Housing Complaint
  66. Sample Fair Housing Jury Instructions—Preliminary
  67. Sample Fair Housing Jury Instructions—General
  68. Sample Fair Housing Jury Instructions— Reasonable Accommodation
  69. Sample Fair Housing Jury Instructions—Damages
  70. Sample Fair Housing Verdict Form
  71. Sample Fair Housing Interrogatories
  72. Sample Fair Housing Consent Order
  73. Appendices to Sample Consent Order
  74. Sample Fair Housing Consent Order
  75. Sample Interrogatories
  76. Sample Request for Production of Documents to Defendants
  77. Sample Complaint
  78. Sample Complaint
  79. Sample Consent Decree—Fair Housing—Sexual Harassment
  80. Appendices to Sample Consent Decree
  81. Sample Complaint—Fair Housing—Racial Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
  82. Sample Request for Production of Documents
  83. Sample Interrogatories
  84. Sample Fair Housing Consent Order
  85. Sample Voir Dire Questions—Fair Housing—Racial Discrimination
  86. Sample Jury Instructions—Public Accommodations
  87. Sample Trial Brief—Conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371—18 U.S.C. § 245—18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
  88. Sample Indictment— 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 245(b)(2)(F) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
  89. Sample Jury Instructions—Conspiracy to Deprive Civil Rights
  90. Sample Jury Instructions—18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 245(b)(2)(F)
  91. Sample Trial Brief—Conspiracy to Deprive Civil Rights
  92. Sample Indictment—18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 241, 242
  93. Sample Jury Instructions—18 U.S.C. §§ 241
  94. Sample Jury Instructions—18 U.S.C. § 242
  95. Sample Trial Memorandum—18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242
  96. Sample Indictment—18 U.S.C. § 242
  97. Sample Jury Instructions—18 US.C. § 242
  98. Sample Trial Brief—Police Misconduct—18 U.S.C. § 242
  99. Sample Indictment—Conspiracy to Interfere with Civil Rights by Threat of Force—Interference with Housing Rights—Aiding and Abetting
  100. Sample Joint Proposed Jury Instructions
  101. Sample Jury Instruction
  102. Sample Response to Pretrial Motion to Dismiss for Violation of First Amendment
  103. Sample Response to Motion to Dismiss for Violation of Petite Policy
  104. Sample Response to Defendant's Request for Notice of Intention to Use Federal Rule 404(b) Evidence
  105. Sample Response to Motion for Pre-trial Proof of Conspiracy Count
  106. Sample Response to Motion for Bill of Particulars
  107. Sample Response to Defendant's Motion to Suppress
  108. Sample Indictment—Conspiracy and Aid and Abet —18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 924(c), 2
  109. Sample Jury Instructions—Conspiracy and Aid and Abet—18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 924(c), 2
  110. Sample Indictment—Conspiracy—Aid and Abet—Involuntary Servitude—Kidnapping—Transporting and Harboring Aliens