Practically all citizens agree that the federal judiciary is critically important to our democracy. For citizens to have confidence in and respect for the judiciary, it must be above suspicion. To ...

"If you look at the cases that are new that don't relate back to prior cases, then interest in the district has fallen considerably," Brian Love said. A Santa Clara University report analyzed the ...

“The random case-assignment policy deters judge-shopping and the assignment of cases based on the perceived merits or abilities of a particular judge. It promotes the impartiality of proceedings and ...

Federal judiciary leaders on Friday released the text of a revised policy directing district courts to assign judges at random in civil cases that have statewide or national implications, making clear ...

"The current 'Madden' system of random assignments to uncompensated counsel is not effective in matching willing and skilled attorneys with economically disadvantaged clients facing consequences of ...

Federal judiciary leaders on Friday released the text of a revised policy directingdistrict courts to assign judges at random in civil cases that have statewide or national implications, making clear ...