2021 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 20 - Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability
Subchapter III - Adjustments of Debts
Sec. 2168 - Selection of presiding judge

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Citation 48 U.S.C. § 2168 (2021)
Section Name §2168. Selection of presiding judge
Section Text

(a) For cases in which the debtor is a territory, the Chief Justice of the United States shall designate a district court judge to sit by designation to conduct the case.

(b) For cases in which the debtor is not a territory, and no motion for joint administration of the debtor's case with the case of its affiliate territory has been filed or there is no case in which the affiliate territory is a debtor, the chief judge of the court of appeals for the circuit embracing the district in which the case is commenced shall designate a district court judge to conduct the case.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 114–187, title III, §308, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 582.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
CHAPTER 20 - PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY
SUBCHAPTER III - ADJUSTMENTS OF DEBTS
Sec. 2168 - Selection of presiding judge
Contains section 2168
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 130 Stat. 582
Public Law References Public Law 114-187
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