Local Rule RULE 1007-2: Mailing Matrix and Amendments to Mailing Matrix
Bankr. E.D. La. — General rule
RULE 1007-2 Mailing Matrix and Amendments to Mailing Matrix A. Voluntary petitioners must file a complete mailing matrix containing the correct name and address of all known creditors and other parties in interest. In the case of an involuntary petition, the debtor must file a complete mailing matrix containing the correct name and address of all known creditors and other parties in interest within fourteen (14) days of entry of an order for relief in the case.
B. A schedule amendment by the debtor or trustee adding or deleting creditors must be accompanied by a supplemental mailing matrix reflecting only the names and addresses of the creditor affected by the amendment, additions or deletions. The mailing matrix must be titled "Amended Mailing Matrix," dated, and specify whether the supplement adds or deletes creditors or corrects address information.
C. The debtor or trustee may change a creditor's address by filing an Amended Mailing Matrix. Amendment of the schedules for this purpose is not required.
D. Notice 1. If an amendment adding a creditor to the mailing matrix occurs prior to the meeting conducted under 11 U.S.C. § 341(a), debtor must give notice to the added party at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the meeting.
2. If the amendment occurs after the meeting conducted under 11 U.S.C. § 341(a) or with less than twenty-one (21) days notice of the meeting, the debtor must file an ex parte motion to amend and serve the motion on trustee, trustee's counsel, unsecured creditors' committee and its counsel, United States Trustee, and the parties affected by amendment.
3. If the amendment occurs before the last date to file proofs of claim and object to discharge or dischargeability:
a. No motion is necessary if the amendment is filed twenty-eight (28) days or more before the bar date or deadline to object to discharge and dischargeability and twenty-one (21) days prior to the meeting conducted under 11 U.S.C. § 341(a).
b. Debtor must file an ex parte motion requesting permission to amend and to extend applicable deadlines if the amendment is filed less than twenty-eight (28) days before the last date to file proofs of claim or object to discharge or dischargeability.
E. If amendment adding a creditor after deadlines to object to discharge, dischargeability, or the bar date is granted, the bar date for filing proofs of claims and deadlines to object to discharge or dischargeability are automatically extended as to the added party twenty-eight (28) days from notice of entry of the order granting amendment. The debtor must notice the added party with the extended deadlines and file a certificate of service.