Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§2169 Abstention
Title 48 › CHAPTER 20 — PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › SUBCHAPTER III — ADJUSTMENTS OF DEBTS › § 2169
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A district court may, if doing so would serve justice, decline to hear a specific matter that comes up in or is connected to a case covered by this subchapter.
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Title 48, §2169
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Nothing in this subchapter prevents a district court in the interests of justice from abstaining from hearing a particular proceeding arising in or related to a case under this subchapter.
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48 U.S.C. § 2169
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102