Key legal question
Whether the appellant qualified for free legal aid before the cantonal appellate court and before the Federal Court.
Extracted holding
Free legal aid was denied because the appellant had not shown indigence; the appeal was also considered unsuccessful.
Extracted reasoning
The cantonal court's finding that the appellant earned about CHF 49,375 per year, based on his own tax returns, was not arbitrary. Since lack of indigence sufficed to refuse legal aid, the alternative reasoning on lack of prospects could be left open.