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Local Rules — Bankr. E.D. Pa.

36 local rules for the United States District Court for the Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. See the court's official website for the authoritative text.

General Rules 34

Rule Title
Rule 1006 Filing Fee
Rule 1007 Lists, Schedules, Statements, and Other Documents; Time Limits
Rule 1009 Amendments of Voluntary Petitions, Lists, Schedules and Statements
Rule 1010 Service of Involuntary Petition and Summons; Petition For Recognition of a Foreign Nonmain Proceeding
Rule 1011 Responsive Pleading or Motion in Involuntary and Cross-Border Cases
Rule 1017 Dismissal or Conversion of Case; Suspension
Rule 1019 Conversion of Chapter 11 Reorganization Case, Chapter 12 Family Farmer's Debt Adjustment Case, or Chapter 13 Individual's Debt Adjustment Case to a Chapter 7 Liquidation Case
Rule 1020 Small Business Chapter 11 Reorganization Case
Rule 1021 Health Care Business Case
Rule 2002 Notices to Creditors, Equity Security Holders, Administrators in Foreign Proceedings, Persons Against Whom Provisional Relief is Sought in Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases, United States, and United States Trustee
Rule 2003 Meeting of Creditors or Equity Security Holders
Rule 2007.1 Appointment of Trustee or Examiner in a Chapter 11 Reorganization Case
Rule 2007.2 Appointment of Patient Care Ombudsman in a Health Care Business Case
Rule 2015 Duty to Keep Records, Make Reports, and Give Notice of Case or Change of Status
Rule 2015.1 Patient Care Ombudsman
Rule 2015.2 Transfer of Patient in Health Care Business Case
Rule 3002 Filing Proof of Claim or Interest
Rule 3003 Filing Proof of Claim or Equity Security Interest in Chapter 9 Municipality or Chapter 11 Reorganization Cases
Rule 3016 Filing of Plan and Disclosure Statement in a Chapter 9 Municipality or Chapter 11 Reorganization Case
Rule 3017.1 Court Consideration of Disclosure Statement in a Small Business Case
Rule 3019 Modification of Accepted Plan Before or After Confirmation in a Chapter 9 Municipality or Chapter 11 Reorganization Case
Rule 4002 Duties of Debtor
Rule 4003 Exemptions
Rule 4004 Grant or Denial of Discharge
Rule 4006 Notice of No Discharge
Rule 4007 Determination of Dischargeability of a Debt
Rule 4008 Discharge and Reaffirmation Hearing
Rule 5003 Records Kept By the Clerk
Rule 5008 Notice Regarding Presumption of Abuse in Chapter 7 Cases of Individual Debtors
Rule 5012 Communication and Cooperation With Foreign Courts and Foreign Representatives
Rule 6004 Use, Sale, or Lease of Property
Rule 6011 Disposal of Patient Records in Health Care Business Case
Rule 9006 Time
Rule 9009 Forms

Appellate Rules 2

Rule Title
Rule 8001 Manner of Taking Appeal; Voluntary Dismissal; Certification to Court of Appeals
Rule 8003 Leave to Appeal