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End Judge Shopping Act of 2023

H.R. 3163 · 118th Congress · May 9, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of nationwide injunctions from single-judge divisions of U.S. District Courts.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “End Judge Shopping Act of 2023”.

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:

“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: