Local Rule L.R. 2003: § 341 Meetings.

L.R. 2003 - § 341 Meetings. A. Requests to Continue or Reschedule the § 341 Meeting, Notice of Re-setting, and Extension. If the debtor or the debtor's attorney knows in advance of the § 341 Meeting that the debtor or attorney cannot attend the § 341 Meeting as scheduled, the debtor's attorney (or the debtor if not represented by an attorney) must contact the Trustee (or the United States Trustee in a Chapter 11 case where no Trustee has been appointed) as far in advance of the § 341 Meeting as possible to request a continued hearing date. If continued, the debtor's attorney (or the debtor if not represented by an attorney) must: 1. prepare and file a notice of the continued § 341 Meeting; 2. serve notice of the continued § 341 Meeting date on the Trustee and on all creditors and parties in interest and, in Chapter 11 cases, on the United States Trustee; and 3. file a certificate of service with the Court. 4. in Chapter 13 cases, the debtor's attorney (or the debtor if pro se) must also obtain a continued confirmation hearing date from the Courtroom Deputy and include the continued confirmation date in the notice of the continued § 341 Meeting mailed to all creditors and parties in interest.

B. Continuance of the § 341 Meeting Announced at Meeting. The Trustee or the United States Trustee may continue a § 341 Meeting from time to time by announcement at the § 341 Meeting. The Trustee or the United States Trustee will list the continued date, time, and location for the continued meeting by making a docket entry using the Court's CM/ECF system. No further notice of the continued date is required except as stated in L.R. 2003(C).

C. Failure to Attend the § 341 Meeting. If the debtor, without being excused, fails to attend the first scheduled § 341 Meeting, the Trustee will list the date, time, and location for a continued § 341 Meeting by making a docket entry within the Court's CM/ECF system. The Trustee will serve written notice of the date, time, and location for the continued § 341 Meeting on the debtor and the debtor's attorney (if any). The Trustee will either file a copy of the notice with the Court or retain a copy of the notice in the Trustee's files for at least six (6) months after the case is closed. If the debtor fails to appear at the second § 341 Meeting without being excused, the Trustee will file a request asking that the case be dismissed.

D. Required Documents at the § 341 Meeting. If the schedules and statements (and plan in a Chapter 13 case) are filed within ten (10) days of the scheduled § 341 Meeting, the debtor must contact the Trustee (or the United States Trustee in a Chapter 11 case where no Trustee has been appointed) to verify whether a new § 341 Meeting date will be required and, if so, the debtor must fully comply with L.R. 2003(A). The debtor must provide the trustee with the documentation specified in the Procedures Manual fourteen (14) days prior to the § 341 Meeting.

E. Waiver of Attendance. A request by a debtor to be excused from attendance at the meeting of creditors must be made in writing to the Office of the United States Trustee and copied to the Trustee, if any. The procedure for requesting a waiver of attendance at the § 341 meeting and the United States Trustee's acceptable grounds for waiver are set forth in the Procedures Manual.