Pending amendments to Local Rules published for comment. Please submit any comments to Stephanie_butler@nceb.uscourts.gov by June 17, 2016.
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Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Thu, 05/19/2016
Tue, 05/17/2016
The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges will be hosting its annual conference in San Francisco, October 26 - 29, 2016. Attorneys, CPAs, insolvency professionals, professors, law students, and others are encouraged to attend. Please visit...
Fri, 05/13/2016
Thomson Reuters recently announced that an error in its opinion conversion process resulted in small amounts of missing text in thousands of opinions reported by West over the past two years. Thomson Reuters has corrected the online version of...
Wed, 04/13/2016
A PDF slide show, with attached audio recording, from the brown bag lunch and learn with Judge Small and Dr. Jay Williams held on April 4, 2016 has been made available on the court's website. Judge Small and Dr. Williams discuss identifying and...
Thu, 03/31/2016
Automatic Adjustment of Certain Dollar Amounts in the Bankruptcy Code, Title 28 and Bankruptcy Forms
On April 1, 2016 automatic adjustments to the dollar amounts stated in various provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and one provision in Title 28 of the United States Code will become effective. These adjustments will affect certain Official and...
Tue, 01/05/2016
Bankruptcy Judge Appointed to the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina announce that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has appointed Joseph N. Callaway as the new United States...
Fri, 12/04/2015
Please find an Administrative Order In Re: Compensation of Professionals signed by the judges and filed today. The order adopts amendments to Local Rule 2016-1 and the corresponding section of the Administrative Guide to Practice and Procedure...
Fri, 11/20/2015
Due to the implementation of the revised Official Bankruptcy Forms and Director's Forms effective on December 1, 2015, CM/ECF will be unavailable for filings starting on Monday, November 30 at 5:00 pm. The CM/ECF system will be available as soon...
Tue, 11/17/2015
An Administrative Order has been entered on November 16, 2015 increasing the administrative fee for chapter 13 trustees in cases dismissed prior to confirmation from $125.00 to $375.00.
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Mon, 11/09/2015
Official Bankruptcy Forms
Most of the Official Bankruptcy Forms and the Director's Forms are being significantly revised. Please visit the following link to become familiar with all the forms changes that will be effective on December...