48 U.S.C. § 2168

Selection of presiding judge

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2018–2023 · leading case: Altair Global Credit Opportunities Fund (A), LLC v. United States (Fed. Cl. 2018).

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Altair Global Credit Opportunities Fund (A), LLC v. United States (Fed. Cl. 2018). “See 48 U.S.C. § 2168 (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.”

Pierluisi v. FOMB (1st Cir. 2022). “Simply submitting a dollar 4Pursuant to 48 U.S.C. § 2168 , the Chief Justice of the United States has designated Judge Swain to preside over certain cases involving PROMESA's implementation, and the relevant district court decisions were authored by Judge Swain.”

FOMB v. Pierluisi-Urrutia (1st Cir. 2023). “According to this argument, because Judge Swain was specifically designated "to conduct the [Title III] case," 48 U.S.C. § 2168 (a), "where a dispute does not fit within the jurisdictional parameters of [section 306(a)(2)] .”

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