This is the second defeat in the Justice Department’s effort to fight what some legal experts say is a growing problem of judge- or forum-shopping, in which plaintiffs intentionally file in single-judge divisions, bypassing the random assignment of judges.
, brought by a conservative legal group on behalf of antiabortion medical organizations and four doctors, were March 15; Kacsmaryk could rule at any time.
In its request to change venues, the Justice Department argued that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has repeatedly filed lawsuits against the Biden administration in small Texas courthouses with only one federal judge.
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