"Flooded by pro se litigants and under pressure from the appellate circuit to provide attorneys, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is proposing the adoption of a mandatory pro bono program to supplement its volunteer pool.

Many of the pro se complaints have been filed by prisoners who are asserting civil rights or medical claims that entail extensive discovery and many motions. A quarter of all the civil cases lodged in the Southern District during fiscal year 2015 were filed by inmates representing themselves..." 

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