Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “End Judge Shopping Act”.
End Judge Shopping Act
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the random assignment of certain cases in the district courts of the United States.
Sec. 2 Division of business among district judges
Section 137 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(c) Random assignment of other cases
“(1) Definition—In this subsection, the term law includes, with respect to an executive branch or a State or Federal agency, a rule, a regulation, a policy, and an order.
“(2) Random assignment—Any civil action brought for declaratory, injunctive, or other equitable relief seeking (whether facially or as-applied) to challenge the constitutionality or lawfulness of, or to bar, restrain, vacate, set aside, or mandate the enforcement of, any provision of a Federal law on a nationwide basis, or any provision of a State law on a statewide basis in that State, shall be randomly assigned to a judge of the district court in which the civil action is filed.”