Justice Department Urges Judiciary to Act on Forum Shopping (1)

Jan. 4, 2024, 8:39 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 4, 2024, 9:29 PM UTC

The US Justice Department said that the federal judiciary should implement a rule addressing concerns raised over “forum shopping,” or lawsuits filed in certain courts seeking to obtain rulings from judges against the federal government.

Elizabeth Shapiro, a DOJ lawyer, said at a Thursday meeting of the federal judiciary’s Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure that the government took that stance in a letter sent last month to an advisory committee. That letter was posted on a federal judiciary website later Thursday.

“When a district has this limited distribution of judges and case assignments, a plaintiff ...

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