Announcements

Administrative Order 20-002 was entered by Chief Bankruptcy Judge Specie today amending the Local Rules effective 12:01 a.m. EST, on March 1, 2020. The Court is grateful to the members of the Local Rules Committee for its tireless work on amendments to this Court’s Local Rules.

Documents

• Local Rules (Current)
• Local Rules (Effective March 1, 2020)
• Local Rules Links
• Standing, Admin & Other Orders

Voluminous Pleadings Requirements

Local Bankruptcy Rule 9013-1(E) – Paper Copy for Lengthy Filings Requiring Hearing:

Any party that files a paper in a contested matter or adversary proceeding that, together with any memoranda, attachments, affidavits, exhibits, or depositions referenced, exceeds fifty (50) pages, must supply to chambers a full paper copy thereof. The paper copy shall be supplied contemporaneously with filing in matters in which the filing party reasonably expects opposition, such as non-consent dispositive motions. Where a paper filed in an administrative case does not become a contested matter until another party files its opposition, the paper copy shall be supplied no fewer than seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing.

Committee

• Purpose
• Members
• Questions
• Public Input
• Summary of Changes for Public Comment
• Public Comment Submission Requirements

Archived Documents

• December 1, 2009
• September 1, 2006
• October 17, 2005
• April 1, 2005
• October 6, 2003
• June 1, 1997