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How is it that Alsup ended up with both of these high profile cases?
by redthrowaway 9y ago
How is it that Alsup ended up with both of these high profile cases?
- nraynaud 9y agois just because he works in the area where tech companies have their headquarters?
- diwu1989 9y agoYes, it defines the venue for civil cases.
- theduncan 9y agoAlso Judges can request cases, and it might be that since he understands what the tech mumbo jumbo is, he got the case.
- vqc 9y agoReally? I didn't know federal judges can request cases. Is that specifically a N.D. Cal. thing? I always thought cases were randomly assigned to a judge in the relevant district.
- azernik 9y agoCases aren't allocated by any random process - once you're known as the guy who does tech things, you're likely to grab those cases.
- rayiner 9y agoNorthern district of California is a proper venue based on the civil rules (defendant's HQ almost always is), so the plaintiff files there. After that, it’s randomly assigned to one of the 14 judges, so there was roughly a 0.5% chance of Alsup getting both.