District courts can set their own policies. The Northern California District - where this was filed - allocates a case according to the last 2 digits of the cas

District courts can set their own policies. The Northern California District - where this was filed - allocates a case according to the last 2 digits of the case number. Source: https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/civil-docketing-assignments/ https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/civil-docketing-assignm...