Fachin toughens rules against attempts to 'dodge' case distribution
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TL;DR
- STF President Edson Fachin published a resolution on October 2, 2026, for greater transparency in distributing incidental petitions.
- The resolution ensures that processes are distributed randomly among ministers, reinforcing the principle of the natural judge.
- Validation is now required for requests made by third parties or for issues not directly related to the parties involved in the original process.
- Unrelated requests will be treated as new, independent processes and distributed by lottery or prevention.
- Regular party actions, document submissions, PGR manifestations, and internal appeals are not affected by the new rule.
- The new rule does not apply to processes under seal.