Local Rule Rule 9001-1: Definitions
Bankr. E.D. Mich. — General rule
Rule 9001-1 Definitions
(a) Large Bankruptcy Cases. Upon a motion or the court's own initiative, the court may enter an order without a hearing designating a chapter 11 case as a "Large Bankruptcy Case."
(b) First Day Motion. A "First Day Motion" is a motion filed within the first 14 days after an order for relief in a chapter 11 case and designated as such under Local Rule 9013-1. It is a motion that the debtor believes is so important to the initial stages of the case that the best interests of the bankruptcy estate warrant granting a hearing on the motion upon shortened or limited notice.
(c) ECF Terms. The terms defined in the court's ECF Procedures have the same meanings herein.
(d) Business Day. A Business Day is a day when the court is open for business. A Business Day does not include a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday such as New Year's Day, Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, any other day appointed as a holiday by the President or the Congress of the United States, or by the State of Michigan, or a day on which weather or other conditions have made the Clerk's Office inaccessible.