Every technique here was used in this case, and the results are published either way. These are not theoretical guides — they are the requests, the letters, and the verification steps that produced the documents in this archive, written so anyone can run them.
How to Check If You Have a Warrant in Lake County, Illinois/guides/check-for-a-warrant-lake-county-illinoisHow to Look Up a Lake County Criminal Case and Read the Docket/guides/look-up-a-lake-county-criminal-caseHow to File an Illinois FOIA Request That Cannot Be Brushed Off/guides/file-an-illinois-foia-requestHow to File a Public Access Counselor Request for Review in Illinois/guides/file-a-pac-request-for-review-illinoisHow to Request a Court Case Management Audit Log/guides/request-a-court-case-management-audit-logHow to Send a Litigation Hold Letter That Actually Attaches a Duty/guides/send-a-litigation-hold-letterHow to Verify a Document Hash and Prove a File Was Not Altered/guides/verify-a-document-hashHow to File a Motion for Substitution of Judge for Cause in Illinois/guides/file-a-motion-for-substitution-of-judge-illinoisHow to Get a Free Transcript for an Appeal in Illinois If You Cannot Pay/guides/get-a-free-transcript-indigent-appeal-illinoisHow to Request Your Own Probation File and Case Notes/guides/request-your-own-probation-fileHow to Request Zoom Telemetry for a Remote Court Hearing/guides/request-zoom-hearing-telemetryHow to Compare a Court File Stamp to a PDF’s Own Metadata/guides/compare-a-file-stamp-to-pdf-metadataHow to Find Out Which Lake County Judge Has Your Case/guides/find-out-who-your-lake-county-judge-isHow to Preserve Evidence When You Are Representing Yourself/guides/preserve-evidence-as-a-pro-se-litigant