El Farmer, Inc. v. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; The Department of Agriculture; The Office for Regulation of the Dairy Industry

1 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 2 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 3 IN RE: CASE NO. 22-00036 (MCF) 4 EL FARMER, INC. CHAPTER 12 5 Debtor 6 7 ADVERSARY CASE NO. 22-00067 EL FARMER, INC. 8 CONDADO 5 LLC 9 Plaintiffs, 10 v. 11 THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO; 12 THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; THE OFFICE FOR REGULATION OF THE DAIRY 13 INDUSTRY 14 Defendants 15 16 OPINION AND ORDER 17 This adversary case presents an issue of whether the court should exercise abstention under 18 the Burford doctrine regarding a challenge to the soundness of Puerto Rico’s administrative 19 scheme of milk…