Texas federal court will not stop judge shopping

[Ombligo]

A federal court in Texas that has become a favored destination for conservatives suing to block President Joe Biden's agenda has decided not to follow a policy adopted by the judiciary's top policymaking body that aims to curtail the practice of "judge shopping."

The policy announced by the U.S. Judicial Conference on March 12 would require a lawsuit challenging federal or state laws to be assigned a judge randomly throughout a federal district rather than stay in the specific, smaller division, or courthouse, where the case was initially filed. It is up to each court district to decide if it will adopt the policy.

The Northern District of Texas has decided that it will not implement the policy. The district is a favorite for conservatives looking for supportive judges. Among the judges in the district is U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who filed an order suspending the sale or use of the abortion pill mifepristone. His ruling is currently under consideration of the US Supreme Court.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-federal...25689.html

[Speedy]

Sueprise, sueprise, sueprise.

[Tiangou]

Speedy wrote:
Sueprise, sueprise, sueprise.

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[pdq]

Even the Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Fed Up With the Garbage Coming Out of the 5th Circuit

What happens when a lawless judge and a terrible appeals court embrace the dopiest First Amendment claim you’ve ever heard out of pure spite toward a Democratic president? That would be Murthy v. Missouri, a brain-meltingly dumb case…Murthy poses a question so asinine that to ask it is to answer it: Can government officials encourage social media companies to moderate certain content that they deem harmful—most importantly, disinformation about COVID-19 in the middle of the pandemic?

… Like so many Supreme Court cases these days, Murthy is built atop a heap of fake facts... They filed their complaint in the Monroe Division of the Western District of Louisiana, where—surprise!—they were guaranteed to draw a Trump appointee, Terry Doughty, the one judge hearing cases in that division… he issued a nationwide bar against Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers in an opinion riddled with anti-vax nonsense (which the Supreme Court reversed).

Also, from Vox:

Brett Kavanaugh rides to the Biden administration’s defense in a big First Amendment case

These justices’ questions during recent case hearings suggests they’ve just about had enough of the 5th circuit’s shenanigans.

[Rolando]

Didn't Apple close their stores in that Jurisdiction in 2019?

Apple confirms its plans to close retail stores in the patent troll-favored Eastern District of Texas
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/22/apple-...ccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJFhNRIpxtTTqpIOZatbNrSjWuMSW4GMxIHzJntawwmfcwaNk8ISyaKK5wpJ0ZnvAv6eRV2g4ObY1MtDIcGEdpF_FPP4x0Y0XZzKJ82PzOtnY8fbqgxpG8F5mPf4SF-VD6Ve_qSJpyotLASheIoPXj99wmQmI5prm05O-_R2IaI7
Apple has confirmed its plans to close retail stores in the Eastern District of Texas — a move that will allow the company to better protect itself from patent infringement lawsuits, according to Apple news sites 9to5Mac and MacRumors, which broke the news of the stores’ closures. Apple says that the impacted retail employees will be offered new jobs with the company as a result of these changes.

The company will shut down its Apple Willow Bend store in Plano, Texas as well as its Apple Stonebriar store in Frisco, Texas, MacRumors reported, and Apple confirmed. These stores will permanently close up shop on Friday, April 12. Customers in the region will instead be served by a new Apple store located at the Galleria Dallas Shopping Mall, which is expected to open April 13.

Apple did not comment on the stores’ dates of closure or the new store’s opening.

However, it’s common for Apple to leave little downtime during retail stores transitions — though most closures are related to renovations or other reasons that aren’t about trying to escape patent lawsuits.

The Eastern District of Texas had become a popular place for patent trolls to file their lawsuits – which may be filed where the defendant committed the infringement. However, a more recent Supreme Court ruling has attempted to crack down on the practice. The court ruled that patent holders could no longer choose where to file.

[Ombligo]

Rolando wrote:
Didn't Apple close their stores in that Jurisdiction in 2019?


Apple has confirmed its plans to close retail stores in the Eastern District of Texas — a move that will allow the company to better protect itself from patent infringement lawsuits

Different court districts. Patent infringement is both favored by the Eastern and Western Districts; The Northern District, particularly Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, is the go-to for quashing Human Rights. Bankruptcy is the Southern District's specialty.

Texas, in general is a court system bought and paid for by extremists.

[bfd]

Remember the Alamo…

[Tiangou]

bfd wrote:
Remember the Alamo…

...Was a battle fought to keep Mexico from enforcing a law against slavery.

[Ombligo]

Tiangou wrote:
[quote=bfd]
Remember the Alamo…

...Was a battle fought to keep Mexico from enforcing a law against slavery.
an often overlooked and inconvenient part of history.