How Does a Pro Se Litigant Publish a Document on Westlaw?

Thomson-Reuters’ Westlaw is a comprehensive legal research database. It has a robust search engine function that uses Boolean or natural language inquiries. It is a primary source of research for attorneys.

Most Appellate decisions are posted as caselaw. Some lower court orders are also posted. The documents I find most helpful are the small section of trial court documents.

Westlaw may post documents pro se litigants email to them. They posted most I sent. If I had unlimited time or a clerk-assistant, I would send all of them.

My suggestion for today is to email your file stamped motion for recusal to west.briefsandtrialdocsubmissions@thomson.com. Put “Trial Court Docs” in the subject. I add a simple note, such as “Please include the attached Reply to Opposition to Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Thank you, Laura Hammett”.

Share your experience with the public. Let others decide if your judge is acting ethically or not.

Please also email a copy to me at bohemian_books@yahoo.com. If I site it in my petition for writ of cert to SCOTUS, discussing the issue of discriminatory practices against pro se litigants, you can feel confident that your motion is good enough to publish on Westlaw.