The order is in line with U.S. Judicial Conference guidance from last year, which came amid Democratic lawmakers’ concerns over red states strategically filing challenges to Biden administration actions in a single-judge division in Texas to end up with a Trump-appointed judge.
A federal trial court in Massachusetts on Tuesday adopted U.S. Judicial Conference guidance aimed at reducing judge-shopping, as lawsuits over President Donald Trump’s policies are expected in the judicial region that covers New England.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued an order requiring any cases lodged in the district’s single-judge divisions in Worcester or Springfield that seek a nationwide injunction be randomly assigned among all the district’s judges.
