Local Rule RULE 5003-1: CLERK'S AUTHORITY TO ENTER MINISTERIAL ORDERS

RULE 5003-1. CLERK'S AUTHORITY TO ENTER MINISTERIAL ORDERS The Clerk and his/her deputies areIn addition to specific grants of authority found elsewhere in the Local Rules, the Clerk is authorized to sign and enter without further direction by the Court the following orders, deemed to be of a ministerial nature:

(a) Orders permitting the payment of the petition filing fee in installments and fixing the number, amounts, and dates of payment;

(b) Orders deferring the payment of an adversary proceeding filing fee;

(c) Orders to correct defects in the documents accompanying the original petition or orders to file or update such documents;

(d) Orders discharging a chapter 7, 11, 12, or 13 trustee and closing a case after the case has been fully administered;

(e) Orders granting a discharge;

(f) Orders reopening a case that has been closed due to administrative error; and

(g) Orders to show cause regarding inactivity in bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings and orders dismissing cases for failure to comply with or to respond to an order to show cause.

This Rule is not intended to limit a bankruptcy judge's discretion regarding the governance of a case in any way whatsoever. The above orders may, in particular cases, be subject to modification by a bankruptcy judge..