Last week, US District Judge Liles C. Burke of the Northern District of Alabama unsealed an October 2023 report that revealed 11 out of 39 lawyers for plaintiffs challenging the ban of sex-change procedures tried to circumvent random case assignment procedures. The report was conducted by a panel of three Alabama federal judges after Burke expressed concerns about judge shopping.
At the same time the report was revealed, Burke also unsealed his order to show cause, which was initially filed in February.
The three federal judges wrote in the unsealed report, “It is one thing for attorneys to fret about potential judicial assignments before the ball is snapped (i.e. before a case is assigned). It is another to try to change the play after the case has been assigned.”
Source:
The Post Millennial