Local Rule 9036-1: Notice and Service by Electronic Transmission

LOCAL RULE 9036-1 Notice and Service by Electronic Transmission

(a) In General. Persons sending a notice or serving a paper under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036 shall file a certificate of service consistent with LBR 7005-1.

(b) Notice from and Service by the Court.

1) Registered Users. As used in Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036(b)(1), a "Registered User" is defined as any attorney or trustee who files pleadings or other documents in a bankruptcy case or adversary proceeding in the Eastern District of California with the court's electronic filing system. The Clerk of the Court shall maintain and make available in pdf printable form a list of Registered Users by case. All other persons (including unrepresented persons) are not deemed "Registered Users," as that term is used in Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036(b)(1).

2) Non-registered Users Who Have Consented to Service by Electronic Means. As used in Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036(b)(2), as applicable to other persons by Rule 9036(c), recipient means those persons who have consented in writing to service by electronic means. Any such consent must specify the party for whom consent is given and the particular means, i.e., email to a specified address, to which consent is given. Any such consent must be signed by a duly authorized representative of that party.

(c) Notices from and Service by an Entity. Any entity may send notice or serve a paper in the same manner that the clerk does under (b), excluding (b)(2)(A) and (B) in Fed. Rule Bankruptcy Procedure 9036. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036(c). For persons served electronically pursuant to their consent to such service (not ECF Registered User service by the Clerk of the Court), a copy of the written consent to such electronic service shall be attached to the Certificate of Service.