Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal refusal of legal aid in the invalidity-insurance appeal was unlawful because indigence was established or because of excessive formalism in the evidence assessment.
Decisão extraída
The cantonal court did not violate federal law: the claimant failed to substantiate necessary expenses and the refusal of legal aid was justified.
Fundamentação extraída
Legal aid requires need, non-frivolous claims, and necessary counsel. The claimant bears a duty to provide complete financial evidence. The late and unproven assertions about mortgage payments, taxes, household insurance, and maintenance costs could be disregarded; therefore the finding of no indigence was not arbitrary or procedurally defective.