I was delighted to see the Judicial Conference of the United States is acting to promote random case assignment in certain declaratory judgment and injunction cases. You can read the press release ...

“The random case-assignment policy deters judge-shopping and the assignment of cases based on the perceived merits or abilities of a particular judge. It promotes the impartiality of proceedings and ...

On March 12, 2024, the Judicial Conference of the United States announced that in certain types of cases, it will change how cases are assigned to judges, which will limit the ability of litigants to ...

Practically all citizens agree that the federal judiciary is critically important to our democracy. For citizens to have confidence in and respect for the judiciary, it must be above suspicion. To ...

The Judicial Conference of the United States has strengthened the policy governing random case assignment, limiting the ability of litigants to effectively choose judges in certain cases by where they ...

"If you look at the cases that are new that don't relate back to prior cases, then interest in the district has fallen considerably," Brian Love said. A Santa Clara University report analyzed the ...

The policy requires random case assignment among all judges in a district whenever a litigant seeks a national injunction in a single-judge division. After the U.S. Judicial Conference announced its ...

Federal judiciary leaders on Friday released the text of a revised policy directingdistrict courts to assign judges at random in civil cases that have statewide or national implications, making clear ...