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Pg1067-are you allowed to copy and paste links to other law sites? if so thank you for that.

1. did you read my post? Ive said numerous times I am not looking for a big payday.
As discussed in that thread on the other site (which is now locked) even if the court finds that your rights were violated, all you get compensated for are your actual damages (income loss, etc). You don't get anything for the half day you sat in jail unless by being in jail you suffered some kind of financial loss, e.g. you lost out on half a day's wages because those were hours that you were scheduled to work. So what financial losses did you suffer from this and what evidence do you have to prove it? In addition to your actual damages, the court can award you your attorney's fees in bringing the claim for damages. If you have no damages, then it won't be worthwhile for you to sue as you'd get nothing but perhaps $1 in nominal damages and get your lawyer's fees paid. Your time spent on it alone wouldn't be worth that $1, and you may have other costs that don't get reimbursed even if you win. If you have been turned down by 15 attorneys on this that's a pretty good indication this is not something worth pursuing.

The law does not provide you a remedy for all wrongs done to you. Even when there is a remedy, what you stand to get may simply not be worth the effort, and this case appears to fall in that category. You have to accept that you can't always get the pound of flesh you want.