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PLAINTIFF REPRESENTATIONTheoverwhelmingpercentage of EDLcases involvesa single plaintiffacting alone.As was clearly shown in Part 2, the overwhelming percentage of EDL cases involves a single plaintiff acting alone. Because ofthe extremely small number of cases that include more than one plaintiff, PILF representation, and/or certified class actions,we combined each of these variables into a new “collective legal mobilization” variable. A case is considered to have collectivelegal mobilization if it meets any of the above criteria (more than one plaintiff, PILF representation, or class action). Yet as Figure3.3 shows, there does not appear to be a great deal of variation across judicial districts on the collective mobilization. The NDCAand EDLA have the highest percentage of such cases, but even here the percentages are quite small (about ten percent of cases).The remaining districts oscillate somewhere between four percent and seven percent. In short, and regardless of judicial district,the vast majority of EDL cases are solitary endeavors for plaintiffs.figure 3.3 :percent of cases with acollective legal mobilizationcomponent by judicial district-18-