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How are cases assigned?

Type: 
CIVIL PRO BONO PANEL FAQ
Answer: 

Panel members will be contacted by the Program Coordinator for potential appointments, but selected for final appointment by the Magistrate Judge assigned to the case. By the time a panel appointment is made, an initial determination has been made that the inmate's claim is not frivolous. The case will have also survived dispositive motions or passed through the period for filing dispositive motions.