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# 48 U.S.C. § 2169 - Abstention

## Text

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.

(Pub. L. 114–187, title III, § 309, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 583.)