The US Justice Department said that the federal judiciary should implement a rule addressing concerns raised over “forum shopping,” or lawsuits filed in certain courts seeking to obtain rulings from judges against the federal government.
Elizabeth Shapiro, a DOJ lawyer, said at a Thursday meeting of the federal judiciary’s Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure that the government took that stance in a letter sent last month to an advisory committee. That letter was posted on a federal judiciary website later Thursday.
“When a district has this limited distribution of judges and case assignments, a plaintiff ...