Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court correctly found the appeal on legal aid to be hopeless.
Extracted holding
No. In light of unresolved questions about service and the effective date of the pension suspension decision, the appeal could not be deemed hopeless.
Extracted reasoning
The record did not establish proper service or the date of notification of the suspension decision. Since the administration bears the burden of proving service, the uncertainty about legal force meant the underlying appeal had arguable prospects.