Self-Represented Parties – The Numbers
Language Barriers
The Central District of California remains one of the most racially and culturally diverse districts in the nation. Figure 14 is drawn from the United States Trustee Program’s Language Assistance Summary, and shows the variety of language requests serviced in the District.
A lack of English language proficiency in the region presents yet another obstacle to both Court accessibility and to obtaining services for these parties. In total, data collected from the United States Trustee’s Language Assistance Program (January – December 2014) identifies foreign language interpretation service requests for a total of 32 different languages, with Spanish being requested most often.