Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73

§2168 Selection of presiding judge

Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 20— - PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ADJUSTMENTS OF DEBTS › § 2168

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the debtor is a U.S. territory, the Chief Justice must pick a district court judge to handle the case. If the debtor is not a territory, and there is no joint-administration request with its affiliate territory (or that affiliate isn’t a debtor), the chief judge of the court of appeals for the circuit that includes the district where the case began must pick a district court judge to conduct the case.

Full Legal Text

Title 48, §2168

Territories and Insular Possessions — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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.

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 2168

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73