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Constitution, Statutes, Regulations, Rules

United States Constitution:   www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules4.html

Federal Rules of Evidence: www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules4.html

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules4.html

Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases: www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules4.html

Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings: www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules4.html

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure: www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules4.html

United States Code: http://uscode.house.gov/

Code of Federal Regulations:  www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

SDNY Local Rules: www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtrules.php

Individual Practices of Judges: www.nysd.uscourts.gov/judges.php

New York States Civil Practice Laws and Rules: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us

Other Government Resources

Administrative Office of the United States Courts: www.uscourts.gov

United States Supreme Court: www.supremecourtus.gov

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: www.ca2.uscourts.gov

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York: www.nyed.uscourts.gov

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York: www.nynd.uscourts.gov

United States District Court for the Western District of New York: www.nywd.uscourts.gov

First Government (the official web portal for the federal government): www.firstgov.gov

United States Senate: www.senate.gov

United States House of Representatives: www.house.gov

United States Social Security Administration: www.ssa.gov

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: www.eeoc.gov

United States Copyright Office: www.copyright.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office: www.uspto.gov

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services: www.uscis.gov

National Archives and Records Administration: www.archives.gov

United States Government Printing Office: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

Library of Congress: www.loc.gov

Law Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/law/public/law.html 

Global Legal Information Network: http://www.glin.gov/

New York State (the official web portal for the State of New York): www.ny.gov

New York Office of Court Administration: www.nycourts.gov

New York City (the official web portal for the City of New York): www.nyc.gov 

New York City Public Library: www.nypl.org