Local Rule 1002-1: Intra-District Case Assignment
Bankr. E.D. Cal. — General rule
LOCAL RULE 1002-1 Intra-District Case Assignment Petitions for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, shall be assigned to one of the two divisions of the Eastern District as determined by the following:
(a) Fresno Division. Petitions from the Counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare shall be assigned to the Fresno Division.
(b) Sacramento Division. Petitions from the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba shall be assigned to the Sacramento Division.
(c) Transfer of Incorrectly Filed Petitions. If the debtor's address on a petition indicates that it should be assigned to a division other than the division to which it is presented for filing, the Clerk shall nevertheless accept it, and any other pleadings presented with the petition, for filing on behalf of the proper division. The Clerk shall obtain and place the proper division's case number on the petition and accompanying pleadings and transmit them to the proper division.
(d) Request for Different Venue. If the debtor believes that a petition should be assigned to a division other than the division designated for the debtor's address, the debtor may file a motion to transfer the case to another division. The Clerk shall promptly present the motion to any available judge.