Local Rule RULE 3002-1: FILING PROOF OF CLAIM

RULE 3002-1. FILING PROOF OF CLAIM A.Proofs of Claim. All proofs of claim or interest shall be filed electronically using CM/ECF. Parties who have not obtained limited user passwords, or creditors or interest holders not represented by counsel may file a proof of claim or interest through this court's website using Electronic Proof of Claim interface (ePOC). All claims filed shall be filed on Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Director's Procedural Form 410. The creditor's complete name, address and telephone number shall be provided on the proof of claim. See Local Rule 5005-1(A).

B.Converted Cases. When a case is converted from Chapter 11, 12, or 13 to Chapter 7, the "meeting of creditors" for the purpose of Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c) shall mean the meeting of creditors held in the Chapter 7 case.

C.Chapter 7 No-Asset Cases and Cases Converted from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7. Upon the filing of a "Notice of Assets," a deadline for filing claims shall be established as provided by Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c)(5), and noticed pursuant to Local Rule 2002-1. Claims deadlines in Chapter 13 cases converted to Chapter 7 cases shall be established as provided by Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c)(5) and Local Rule 1019-1(D).

D.Exhibits to Proofs of Claim. Exhibits (20 page limit of normal type print) in support of a Proof of Claim shall be filed electronically whenever possible and shall be docketed as one event with the Proof of Claim. The exhibits should be electronically imaged and filed in PDF format together with the Proof of Claim. The exhibits shall comply with Local Rule 9004-1 (A) and (B). CM/ECF registered participants shall file proofs of claim electronically. The party filer must add the creditor name exactly as it appears on the claim. The address of the claimant should include the mailing address to which payments should be sent.

E.Deadline for Filing Claims in Chapter 7 Cases Reopened to Administer Assets. Upon the filing by a trustee of a "Notice of Assets" in a reopened Chapter 7 case:

1.If no claims deadline was established in the original case or if a claims deadline was established and rendered moot by the filing of a "Report of No Distribution" by the trustee in the original case, the Court shall set a deadline of seventy (70) calendar days from issuance of the Clerk's Notice of Deadline to File Claims. For governmental units, the deadline shall be this deadline or one hundred eighty (180) calendar days after relief was ordered in the original Chapter 7 case, whichever is later. Any claims filed during the pendency of the original case shall be deemed filed in the reopened case.

2.If a claims deadline established in the original case expired prior to the filing of a "Report of No Distribution" by the trustee, or if a distribution was made to creditors by the trustee subsequent to the expiration of a claims deadline in the original case, no additional claims deadline shall be established. Creditors considered for distributions shall be those creditors who filed claims in the original case.