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Rule 1017-2 DISMISSAL OF BANKRUPTCY CASE FOR DEFICIENT FILING If the debtor fails to timely file all the pleadings necessary to initiate the case as required by the Bankruptcy Code, Fed. R. Bankr. P., and the LBR and other orders of this Court, including LBF 1 (Declaration of Electronic Filing) or LBF 1A (Declaration Re: Electronic Filing of Petition, Schedules, and Statements for Individual Not Represented by Counsel), then the United States Trustee is deemed to have filed a motion to dismiss the bankruptcy case pursuant to the appropriate provision of the Bankruptcy Code. The bankruptcy case will be dismissed without further notice and hearing if the deficiencies specified in the Notice of Deficient Filing issued by the Court are not corrected within the time period set forth in the notice. At any time before the date set for entry of an order of dismissal, the debtor may (1) file a motion requesting a hearing at which debtor shall show cause why the case should not be dismissed for deficiencies or (2) file a motion and proposed order seeking an extension of time to cure the deficiencies.