Q: How do I begin a lawsuit 18 usc 1983 against housing authority workers and towing company, police gave tickets wrongly?
California Housing Authority workers towed away car with moving permit from my parking space at apartment complex after about 4 hours, (I was with my caregiver.) Workers did not ask me if car was mine. It was waiting for disabled license plates. VA primary Doctor refused to sign DMV Veteran 100% disabled plate form or disabled permit, but I asked my social worker for help and my polytrauma doctor signed the form. Salinas Police have ticketed my car wronfully for years, so another car was also towed from the same parking space November 2020.
A:
First you find a civil rights lawyer to review your case and advise you if there is potential merit in your claims. Most good civil rights lawyers will know what to do and will advise you based on the facts of your case. You can help yourself by writing a chronology of the events, starting at the beginning; include a list of all the witnesses, good and bad; save all your documents which will help you prove what happened. Once you have gotten that all together, you can provide it to the lawyer you find to help you. Do not wait or delay, because there are time limits within which you must file your case. Make an extra copy of everything, and give the copies to the lawyer.
You can go to your county bar association's website, and look for their lawyer referral service. That should get you started.
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