ANALYSIS OF HOW PRO SE STATUS VARIES BY DISABILITY

Notes

• "All" signifies every civil rights litigant who identified his/her disability (sum of Table A's "Total" column)
• Data Source: public records from DOAH's civil rights cases (see raw data)
• Primary Analysis: a disproportionately large percentage of pro se litigants are physically disabled (55% = 146/267).
• Secondary Analysis: physically disabled litigants:
  1. seek relief [from civil rights abuses] more often than non-physically disabled litigants; and
  2. receive less assistance.
  
  Therefore, they represent a high amount of pro se civil rights litigants.
  
  see "Table B" from above
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