"Chief Judge Richard Young is confident the new mandatory pro bono rule adopted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana will solve problems caused by pro se litigants trying to navigate the federal judiciary.

The Southern District has adopted the Local Rule 87, which allows judges to assign pro bono cases to attorneys who practice frequently in the federal jurisdiction. Set to take effect Sept. 1, the new rule was enacted in response to the many pro se cases coming into the court and a series of remands coming from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals for not appointing counsel."

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