Rules Panel Tracking Response to US Judge-Shopping Guidance

April 9, 2024, 9:10 PM UTC

A federal panel will watch to see how district courts respond to newly released guidance aimed at curbing judge shopping as it weighs whether to proceed with a binding rule against the practice.

The judiciary’s Advisory Committee on Civil Rules will keep the topic on its agenda, chair and US District Judge Robin Rosenberg said at a meeting on Tuesday in Denver.

Rosenberg made the remarks as the committee investigates whether it has the authority to pass a rule addressing judge shopping, in light of a federal law that says chief district judges set the case assignment policies for their ...

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