Judiciary Issues Guidance to Courts on New Judge Shopping Policy

The US judiciary’s policy arm issued guidance to courts encouraging federal judges to assign all civil cases in a way that limits judge-shopping.

The Judicial Conference late Friday followed up on its policy announcement on March 12 that it says strengthens its case assignment procedures.

The new policy would randomly assign lawsuits seeking to block a state or federal action to any judge within the court. It aims to prevent litigants seeking to select a preferred judge from filing requests for nationwide injunctions in single-judge divisions.

The announcement, included in a public statement on the US Courts ...