H.R. 2795

End Judge Shopping Act

Sponsor: Mikie Sherrill · 0 cosponsors

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Written by the Congressional Research Service.

End Judge Shopping Act

This bill requires a civil action that seeks a widely enforceable order to be brought in a division of a judicial district with two or more active judges.

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Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the End Judge Shopping Act.

Sec. 2. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement against non-parties

(a) In general. Chapter 87 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

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1414. Civil actions seeking nationwide injunctions. A civil action which seeks an order enforceable in each district and division of the United States shall be brought only in a division of a judicial district which has two or more active judges assigned.

(b) Clerical amendment. The table of sections for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

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1414. Civil actions seeking nationwide injunctions.