---
kind: "section"
citation: "4 C.F.R. § 21.11"
title: "4"
number: "21.11"
heading: "Effect of judicial proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/4/21.11"
---

# §21.11. Effect of judicial proceedings.

- (a) A protester must immediately advise GAO of any court proceeding which involves the subject matter of a pending protest and must file copies of all relevant court documents.
- (b) GAO will dismiss any case where the matter involved is the subject of litigation before, or has been decided on the merits by, a court of competent jurisdiction. GAO may, at the request of a court, issue an advisory opinion on a bid protest issue that is before the court. In these cases, unless a different schedule is established, the times provided in this part for filing the agency report ([§ 21.3(c)](/cfr/4/21.3.md?p=c)), filing comments on the report ([§ 21.3(i)](/cfr/4/21.3.md?p=i)), holding a hearing and filing comments ([§ 21.7](/cfr/4/21.7.md)), and issuing a decision ([§ 21.9](/cfr/4/21.9.md)) shall apply.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 39042, July 26, 1996, as amended at 67 FR 79836, Dec. 31, 2002; 83 FR 13825, Apr. 2, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3551-3556.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 39042, July 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 39042, July 26, 1996, as amended at 67 FR 79836, Dec. 31, 2002; 83 FR 13825, Apr. 2, 2018]