{"identifier":"/us/usc/t28/s654","title":28,"num":"\u00a7\u202f654.","heading":"Arbitration","text":"\u00a7\u202f654.\nArbitration\n(a)\nReferral of Actions to Arbitration.\u2014\nNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 652 and subsection (d) of this section, a district court may allow the referral to arbitration of any civil action (including any adversary proceeding in bankruptcy) pending before it when the parties consent, except that referral to arbitration may not be made where\u2014\n(1) the action is based on an alleged violation of a right secured by the Constitution of the United States;\n(2) jurisdiction is based in whole or in part on\nsection 1343 of this title\n(3) the relief sought consists of money damages in an amount greater than $150,000.\n(b)\nSafeguards in Consent Cases.\u2014\nUntil such time as rules are adopted under chapter 131 of this title relating to procedures described in this subsection, the district court shall, by local rule adopted under section 2071(a), establish procedures to ensure that any civil action in which arbitration by consent is allowed under subsection (a)\u2014\n(1) consent to arbitration is freely and knowingly obtained; and\n(2) no party or attorney is prejudiced for refusing to participate in arbitration.\n(c)\nPresumptions.\u2014\nFor purposes of subsection (a)(3), a district court may presume damages are not in excess of $150,000 unless counsel certifies that damages exceed such amount.\n(d)\nExisting Programs.\u2014\nNothing in this chapter is deemed to affect any program in which arbitration is conducted pursuant to section\n1\n1 So in original. The word \u201csection\u201d probably should not appear.\nPublic Law 100\u2013702\nsection 1 of Public Law 105\u201353","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t28/s654.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f654."},{"t":"heading","text":"Arbitration"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Referral of Actions to Arbitration.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 652 and subsection (d) of this section, a district court may allow the referral to arbitration of any civil action (including any adversary proceeding in bankruptcy) pending before it when the parties consent, except that referral to arbitration may not be made where\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the action is based on an alleged violation of a right secured by the Constitution of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" jurisdiction is based in whole or in part on ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1343 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t28/s1343","tail":"; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the relief sought consists of money damages in an amount greater than $150,000.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Safeguards in Consent Cases.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Until such time as rules are adopted under chapter 131 of this title relating to procedures described in this subsection, the district court shall, by local rule adopted under section 2071(a), establish procedures to ensure that any civil action in which arbitration by consent is allowed under subsection (a)\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" consent to arbitration is freely and knowingly obtained; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" no party or attorney is prejudiced for refusing to participate in arbitration.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Presumptions.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"For purposes of subsection (a)(3), a district court may presume damages are not in excess of $150,000 unless counsel certifies that damages exceed such amount.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t28/s654/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Existing Programs.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Nothing in this chapter is deemed to affect any program in which arbitration is conducted pursuant to section\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. The word \u201csection\u201d probably should not appear."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. The word \u201csection\u201d probably should not appear.","tail":" title IX of the Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act ("},{"t":"ref","text":"Public Law 100\u2013702","href":"/us/pl/100/702","tail":"), as amended by "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1 of Public Law 105\u201353","href":"/us/pl/105/53/s1","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}