KRS 31.220: When chapter applies to United States courts.

This chapter applies only to representation in the courts of this state, except that it does

not prohibit a defending attorney from representing a needy person in a federal court of

the United States, if:

(1) The matter involves a challenge to the validity , timing, or method of

implementation of a judgment of a Kentucky state court in a criminal case;

(2) The matter relates to the fact, duration, or conditions of confinement for a juvenile

offender represented under KRS 31.100(5); or

(3) Representation is under a plan of the United States District Court as required by the

Criminal Justice Act of 1964.