A. The Commission has established a maximum active caseload limit of 270 points, based on a presumptive maximum annual hours limit of 2,000. An attorney whose caseload exceeds their Maximum Active Caseload Limit at any one time is ineligible to receive additional assignments to represent consumers of public defense services, other than additional case assignments for existing clients, unless granted a waiver pursuant to Section 7 below.B. The applicable maximum caseload and hours limits are reduced proportionately, based upon the percentage of the attorney's work hours that are dedicated to Commission cases. The following chart reflects this calculation, based on an active caseload limit of 270 points and an annual limit of 2,000 billed hours: % of Attorney's Work Hours Spent on Commission Cases: | Maximum Active Caseload Limit: | Maximum Annual Hours Limit: |
100% | 270 | 2,000 |
75% | 202 | 1500 |
50% | 135 | 1000 |
25% | 67 | 500 |
10% | 27 | 200 |
C. Case Closed:i. When a case is closed in the Commission's case management system, the points assigned to that case are deducted from the attorney's active caseload points total.D. Deferred Disposition: i. When the disposition of a case in the Commission's case management system is changed to reflect a deferment, the points assigned to that case are deducted from the attorney's active caseload points total.E. Other events that toll cases:i. When a case enters a status that effectively tolls its progress, the points assigned to that case may be deducted from the attorney's active caseload points total at the discretion of the Executive Director. Events that effectively toll the progress of a case may include a filing; long-term continuance; client in absent or fugitive status; for the time after oral argument, pending a decision in a case before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court; or similar events.