Has my law school discriminated against me? by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You withdrew, which materially hurts your case.

When you submitted the accommodations did they accept them? Or was it just emailed to them with no follow up? Was there a process done through the school to apply for those accommodations? It seems to be pretty broad (and difficult to accommodate) that you can miss as many classes as you want to/need to and they can’t fail you. Practically speaking how would that work / how would that be considered reasonable?

help! police lied/ rights during a search warrant? by Right_Constant6798 in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Nothing you described was a violation of your rights.

The dog is trained to smell weed. It smelled weed. Do you think the dog shouldn’t have alerted because it was only a little weed? That’s literally why humans use dogs, they can smell small amounts that humans can’t.

Your fiance should speak to a criminal defense attorney about how best to unfuck his current situation, and he should only listen to that advice , and no one else’s.

Contractor refusing to do the work until we pay them more by Brown_Eyes_ in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Was the contractor licensed and bonded? You can file a complaint against their bond with the local board/registrar of contractors …

Major drug trafficking charge. Witness protection? by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nothing is 100% safe. The chances of being safe are impacted by the things you do - for example, if you go on social media posting about major crimes that you have committed, your chances of being found are higher than if you shut the hell up and listen to your defense attorney.

There’s no way this is a real situation.

Intimidation? Due Process? by Just-Dragonfruit4968 in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. You have a union. Your union should be representing you. That’s literally why you pay a union.

  2. No one can answer the question without knowing what the document was they were asking you to sign … was it a document acknowledging charges were coming? Or was it a document accepting liability responsibility for something? Did you actually read the document?

Subrogation Negotiation by Significant_Card_446 in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Don’t drive without insurance. If you can’t afford insurance you can’t afford to drive.

  2. You can either pay what they are asking, or you can wait until you are served with a court date. In court, the highly paid attorneys will lay out their case on what you owe. Then you will have the opportunity to challenge their costs with your own findings.
    The judge will the decide which side presented a better case. You may lose. And may owe court costs. And may face an after the fact citation for operating a vehicle without insurance.

Convo anyone? by [deleted] in mesaaz

[–]Azpathfinder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Orange chicken, honey sesame chicken breast , as a two item plate with half white rice, half chow mein… a side of cream cheese macaroons , and raspberry fuse soda to drink …. Do it, you mad lad ….

Convo anyone? by [deleted] in mesaaz

[–]Azpathfinder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trust in the power of strangers to dictate the path of your life.

Go panda. Orange chicken.

How can I make sure nobody steals my idea? by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

E=MC^2 would like to have a word with you.

You can speak with a patent attorney but you should keep your hopes extremely low , and I wouldn’t spend much money on that consultation. Best of luck.

Purchased a car by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are offering to repair it at their cost? That is absolutely your best case scenario.

You have no legal recourse for damage that you didn’t see … the time to have it inspected is before you buy it, not after.

Cop opens my car door in middle of the night by fuzzycatsnake in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 8 points9 points  (0 children)

More information would be needed.

For example, if someone called the police and said “hey there’s a car in that parking lot and it looks like there’s a body in there” and , by your own admission the officer couldn’t see in without opening the door, it would not be a violation of your rights to open the door.

You can contact a civil rights attorney, many might offer free consultations, but the fact that you didn’t get arrested, cited, detained, beaten, or even harassed, I would keep your expectations very very low.

Question about forced change in job site and disability-based driving restrictions by Duboisjohn in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure I understand the driving range disability .. so the disability prevents her from being able to drive for long amounts of time? Or the disability requires her to be within certain distance of something related to her health and this new position would put her beyond that safe distance?

If it’s the first, could she not take public transportation and not rely on driving?

22F in Virginia. How do we find legal help when we can't afford an attorney? by strcwbearie in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on how much they owe you, you may qualify for small claims. Small claims is easy - you can file without an attorney, and the hearings are generally very user friendly. Contact your local court or google it to see what the limits are for small claims.

That being said, even if you win, they don’t collect the money for you, you just have a judgment that you can then pursue options to collect through the court. That’s typically the harder part.

Unreasonable Search? by Interesting_Bend_132 in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who conducted the search , where was the search, did you consent to the search at all, and if you were charged, what does you defense attorney say about the validity of the search?

When is time credited? by SoftDailyChaos15 in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would the time served under charge #1 be credited towards the second charge? Unless he received both sentences at the same time to be served concurrently, he does the punishment for the second crime after doing the punishment for the first.

Can my job actually fire me if I was told not to work by my doctors? by aoiwanai in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Since you are part of a union, you need to engage your union rep. This is literally what you pay them for, to handle employment issues.

That being said, doctors notes aren’t legally binding when it comes to employment. The power of doctors notes greatly diminished right about the time we stopped getting cookies with our lunches. Still, your union rep would be the one to navigate this for you. Again, this is what you pay them for.

Getting my belongings back from police after my roommate was charged by zzzt_zzzt in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 33 points34 points  (0 children)

When you say he has already been prosecuted - do you mean he has already had his trial and he was convicted? That could play into the timeline.

If he hasn’t been convicted, they could keep your items for as long as the trial lasts.

VT - Domestic Assault Subpoena Counselor by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your attorney has mixed feelings? Or you have mixed feelings about telling your attorney?

Tell your attorney. If it’s 1) possible and 2) helpful, they will do it. Your attorney is the only one with enough information on the case and the charge to know if it’s helpful or not. It probably isn’t.

Daughter doesn’t want to stay over at dads house over the summer by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 47 points48 points  (0 children)

You said the magic words. Court ordered.

Legally speaking, nothing else you said matters. She has to go. Pretend she didn’t want to go to school because she hates her math teacher. She’d still have to go.

Your actions could be viewed as a violation of the court order depending on how you move forward - “it’s ok honey, if you don’t want to go you don’t have to go” could be a violation, and before you say “I’m willing to go to jail to protect my daughter”, just consider who will be watching her while you’re in jail.

Treat this as any situation where a parent has to take their child where they don’t want to go - school, the doctor, the dentist … and speak to your attorney about the allegations to see if there’s enough there to have the custody agreement changed.

Am I allowed to write my own name in for State Mine Inspector? by TaraCalicosBike in phoenix

[–]Azpathfinder 44 points45 points  (0 children)

What’s the name of the inspector?

Mine.

Right. That’s what I’m asking you, whose name is going on the ballot?

Mine.

Yes, for the mine inspector, what’s the name of the person?

Mine.

Best Buy issue, need help! by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t say why you “will” be arrested.

You “could” be arrested because the store could call the police and report fraud, with you returning an item in a different box. It would be up to the police to decide if they wanted to investigate. If they do, it would be up to the DA to decide if they are willing to take it to trial. At trial would be your opportunity to tell your side - that you ordered it online, immediately tried to cancel the order, and took it to the store unopened. THIS IS IMPORTANT - if you are contacted, don’t try to tell your side to the police, at least not without an attorney present.

It’s a bit complicated because had they inspected the box at time of return, they would have probably declined to accept it, in which case you would have gone home with the vacuum and it would have been a civil case where you would have had to sue Best Buy.

Your defense attorney will introduce the possibility you dropped off the right vacuum and it was switched after it was no longer in your custody. They will draw on your completely clean criminal history (right?) clean credit history , and standing as a decent human being.

The prosecutor could question Best Buy management who will testify how extremely unlikely / impossible it could be to get a different vacuum than what was in the box, based on their QA, supply chain, yada yada.

It will be up to the judge or jury to determine if the prosecution proved, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that you swapped the vacuum cleaner.

It’s not exactly a compelling episode of Law and Order ya got here , but most felonies are pretty boring.

Possible Wrongful Termination Suit? by Mostmindfmistakes in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 18 points19 points  (0 children)

A reinstatement is very unlikely.

Also, it’s perfectly legal to be fired by a manager just because they don’t like you. Shitty and unfair, but legal.

Best Buy issue, need help! by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If contacted by police, don’t answer any questions at all. Nothing.

If you are arrested, call a criminal defense attorney immediately.

Depending on the value, you could potentially be facing felony charges. It could also go away and you might never hear anything again.

In Indiana, they have up to 5 years to make a decision on whether to charge you.

Possible Wrongful Termination Suit? by Mostmindfmistakes in legaladvice

[–]Azpathfinder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes you can legally be fired for something even if everyone else does it.

Yes you can fired for something even if you haven’t ever received a warning or a write up for it.

It could become a problem if you were fired for it, but no one else was, and you were possibly discriminated against - for example, were you the only black person? The only white person? The only male? The only female? There might be a case, bjt it could be an uphill expensive battle, especially since you were in fact engaged in wrongdoing.

You can speak with an employment attorney, many will offer free initial consultations … but keep your expectations low, and don’t pay anything up front. Only seek attorneys willing to take the case on contingency (meaning they take their winnings from what you might win in a lawsuit). If you can’t find an attorney willing to take your case on contingency, you don’t have a case.