Local Rule 8003-1: Transmittal of Notice of Appeal to Bankruptcy Judge; Committee Notice and Request for Service

Rule 8003-1 Transmittal of Notice of Appeal to Bankruptcy Judge; Committee Notice and Request for Service.

(a) Transmittal of Notice of Appeal to Bankruptcy Judge. When appealing from an order entered by a bankruptcy Judge, the appellant must mail or deliver a copy of the notice of appeal to the bankruptcy Judge whose order is the subject of the appeal substantially contemporaneous with the filing of the notice of appeal.

(b) Notice to Official Committees. With respect to an appeal in which any official committee in the bankruptcy case from which such appeal originated is not a named party to the appeal, the party filing such notice of appeal or notice of cross-appeal must serve a copy of such notice on counsel to any such official committee simultaneously with the filing of the notice of appeal or notice of cross-appeal and must file with the notice of appeal or notice of cross-appeal a certificate of service.

(c) Committee Request for Notice. Any official committee wishing to be placed on the service list for any appeal for the purpose of receiving notices and copies of papers served must file with the Court or District Court (if the appeal has been docketed in the District Court) a request for notice within 21 days of service of the notice of appeal or the notice of cross-appeal as provided for in Local Rule 8003-1(b).

(d) Noncompliance with Local Rule 8003-1 does not affect the validity of an appeal and may not be a basis for the Clerk to refuse to accept for filing any document that otherwise complies with Part VIII of the Fed. R. Bankr. P.