A federal judge in Pittsburgh has moved a RICO suit stemming from the “kids-for-cash” judicial scandal to Scranton, where the events underlying the case took place.
U.S. District Chief Judge Joy Flowers Conti of the Western District of Pennsylvania, who was presiding over the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case in Pittsburgh, pitched the idea of transferring the case during a hearing in October. In an unusual change of roles, the defendants objected to the move and the plaintiffs, who had chosen to file in the Western District, supported it. The judge made the transfer this month.
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