Judges and Judiciary
Mar. 14, 2024
Federal judiciary’s new policy aims to restrict judge-shopping
The Judicial Council of the United States did not release the policy in writing, but it appears to be borrowed from a July 2022 decision by the Western District of Texas to prevent a judge from getting the lion’s share of the nation’s patent infringement lawsuits.
A new policy by the federal judiciary will make it more difficult for litigants, including state attorneys general, to cherry-pick judges when they are challenging federal actions and seeking injunctive relief, sometimes nationwide.
Senior U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad of the Western District of North Carolina, who was chosen in March by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. as the director of the administrative office of the U.S. Court...
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