Local Rule RULE 1015-1: JOINT ADMINISTRATION OF CASES PENDING IN THE SAME COURT

RULE 1015-1. JOINT ADMINISTRATION OF CASES PENDING IN THE SAME COURT

(a) (a) Motion for Joint Administration A request for an order allowing joint administration of two or more related cases pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1015(b) shall be made by motion. In the motion for joint administration, the moving party shall:

(1) (1) designate the name and number of the proposed lead case for conducting proceedings in the jointly administered cases;

(2) state the cause warranting joint administration, including the reasons supporting the proposed lead case designation; and (3(3) state the likely impact on the administrative burden of the parties and the Court; and

(4) state any known facts which may give rise to actual or potential conflicts of interest warranting protection of the interests of creditors of the various estates.

(b) Filing Requirements A motion for joint administration shall be filed in each case for which joint administration is proposed. A motion for joint administration shall be served by the moving party on all creditors and equity security holders who have requested notice in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002(i), any committee elected under 11 U.S.C § 705 or appointed under 11 U.S.C. § 1102 (or, if none has been appointed, the creditors included on the list of creditors filed under Fed. R. Bankr. P. of the Bankruptcy Code, the twenty largest unsecured creditors in each case as listed on Official Form 104 or Official Form 204, for Non-individual Chapter 11 or Chapter 9 cases1007(d)), all secured creditors and taxing authorities, all attorneys of record, any appointed trustee, and the United States trustee. The Court shall grant the motion for joint administration if it is likely to ease the administrative burden on the parties and the Court.

(b) (c) (b) Notice and Effect of Order Upon entry of an order authorizing joint administration of cases or upon in the automatic allowance of a motion for joint administration in accordance with (c) belowproposed lead case, the moving party shall serve notice of said the order upon all creditors and interestedthose parties of all debtors that are the subject of the motion. The Court shall enter the orderidentified in eachsubsection (b) of the otherthis Rule for all related cases in addition to the designated lead case.. An order approving joint administration shall not affectconstitute substantive consolidation of the respective debtors' estates.

(c) (d) (c) Automatic Joint Administration of Chapter 11 Cases If a motion for joint administration of debtorschapter 11 cases, other than individual debtorscases, is filed at the same time as the filing of the voluntary petitions commencing the cases proposed to be jointly administered, the motion for joint administration shall be treated as an emergency motion and shall be allowed effective upon filing, subject to reconsideration as set forth in (d) below.

(d) Reconsideration The Court may reconsider an order allowing joint administration upon motion of any party, parties in interest or sua sponte.may file pleadings in the proposed lead case as if the motion had been allowed subject to entry of further order of the Court.