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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2274
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that an appeal of an
order granting a nationwide injunction issued by a district court of
the United States shall lie to the Supreme Court.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH21, 2025
Mr. R
OSEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that
an appeal of an order granting a nationwide injunction
issued by a district court of the United States shall
lie to the Supreme Court.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Court Shopping Deter-4
rence Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. APPEAL OF ORDER GRANTING A NATIONWIDE IN-1
JUNCTION. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 155 of title 28, United 3
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
lowing: 5
‘‘§ 2285. Appeal of order granting a nationwide in-6
junction 7
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—In the case that a district court 8
of the United States grants a nationwide injunction, the 9
appeal from the order granting such injunction shall lie 10
to the Supreme Court. 11
‘‘(b) D
EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘nation-12
wide injunction’ means an order issued by a Federal court 13
that purports to restrain the enforcement of a Federal 14
statute, regulation, order, or similar authority against a 15
non-party, unless the non-party is represented by a party 16
acting in a representative capacity pursuant to the Federal 17
Rules of Civil Procedure.’’. 18
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 19
for chapter 155 of title 28, United States Code is amended 20
by inserting after the item relating to section 2285 the 21
following: 22
‘‘2285. Appeal of order granting a nationwide injunction.’’.
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