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Rule 9004-2 CAPTION -- PAPERS, GENERAL

(a) All papers submitted for filing shall have a caption stating "United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York" and shall include the title and chapter of the case. Subsequent to the filing of the petition for relief, all papers shall also include the case number and the Judge code. All papers filed in an adversary proceeding shall also contain the full title of the lawsuit and the adversary proceeding case number. Except for involuntary petitions, all petitions for relief shall also set forth the last four digits of the debtor's social security number and/or any other federal tax identification number of the debtor.

(b) In consolidated cases, the docket number for the lead case shall be listed first and shall be followed by the docket numbers of all cases contained in the consolidation in ascending order.

(c) The return date and time of a motion shall be included in the upper right hand corner of the caption of the motion and all related papers.

CROSS-REFERENCE: E.D.N.Y. LBR 5070-1