Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal against the cantonal refusal of legal aid was admissible and sufficiently reasoned.
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the appellant did not explain concretely how the cantonal decision violated federal law, as required by Art. 42 LTF.
Extracted reasoning
Although the refusal of legal aid was an incident decision causing irreparable harm and the civil-law route was open, the brief failed to challenge the indigence finding in a legally substantiated way. Criticism of the cantonal courts and discussion of the appellant's personal situation did not satisfy the strict reasoning duty.