The Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California's LA office represents indigent clients charged with federal crimes in the Central District. The LA office aims to stay committed to the pursuit of justice by aggressively advocating in federal district and appellate courts for the constitutional rights and inherent dignity of individuals who are accused or convicted of crimes and cannot afford to pay for a lawyer. They represent defendants from the day of arrest through the resolution of the case by trial or plea and in the event of sentencing. After sentencing, they continue to represent their clients on appeal before the Ninth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, and again should there be alleged probation or supervised release violations. The Central District of California encompasses seven counties (Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo). They have offices in Los Angeles, Santa Ana, and Riverside that serve the federal courthouses in each location. The office's capital habeas unit represents people who have been sentenced to death by state court juries from within the Central District, and whose convictions have proceeded through the state court appellate process and are now before the federal court on claims involving federal constitutional violations. Their Non-Capital Habeas Unit represents petitioners in non-capital habeas proceedings who allege that their state convictions are invalid due to federal constitutional violations.