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Fri, 08/18/2017
Fri, 07/07/2017
Pending amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure Rule 3015(c) require the court to either adopt the official form for a plan filed in a chapter 13 case or to adopt a local form plan pursuant to pending Rule 3015.1. The court has...
Wed, 03/01/2017
The local rules have been updated to reflect the amendment of Rule 1002-1. Click here for a copy of this rule with amendments noted. A full set of the rules can be found at...
Wed, 01/11/2017
The current term of the United States Bankruptcy Administrator in the Eastern District of North Carolina, Marjorie K. Lynch, is due to expire on May 2, 2017. The Regulations of the Judicial Conference of the United States Governing the...
Fri, 01/06/2017
A General Order has been entered regarding Flood Related Procedures which extends the provisions of the General Order, previously entered on October 12, 2016, through...
Tue, 01/03/2017
Pending amendments to local rule 1002-1 have been published for comment. Please submit any comments to stephanie_butler@nceb.uscourts.gov by January 20, 2017.
Wed, 12/07/2016
The Administrative Office of the Courts has increased the Administrative Expense Multiplier to be used in all chapter 13 cases filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina on or after 10/01/2016 to 8.0%.
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Mon, 11/28/2016
Technical amendments have been made to the local rules and administrative guide that are necessary to bring the local rules and guide into compliance with the amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure effective 12/1/2016. The most...
Mon, 11/14/2016
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Court intends to amend Local Rule 46(b) to conform to increases in the Court of Appeals Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, adopted by the U.S. Judicial Conference pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1913, that are scheduled to take...
Thu, 10/27/2016
At its September 2016 session, the Judicial Conference approved inflationary adjustments to fees on the appellate, district, and bankruptcy court miscellaneous fee schedules, as well as on the Court of Federal Claims and the Judicial Panel on...