Local Rule LR 9013-1: Form of Pleadings, Motions, Applications, Objections, Notices, and Orders
Bankr. E.D. Wis. — General rule
LR 9013-1 Form of Pleadings, Motions, Applications, Objections, Notices, and Orders
(a) Caption. Every motion, application, notice of motion, proposed order, and notice of intended action must contain in the title a description of the requested relief or action intended.
(b) Specification of legal bases for relief. Motions, applications, other requests for affirmative relief, responses, and objections must state the Bankruptcy Code sections, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and other authority on which they base their request for, or opposition to, relief.
(c) Allegations of facts in support of requested relief. Motions, applications, and other requests for affirmative relief must allege facts sufficient to justify an award of the relief requested.
(d) Motions, applications, other requests for relief, and objections must state with particularity the grounds and the relief sought. All Motions, applications, objections, and other requests for court action must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(b)(1)(B) and (C).
(e) Exhibits must be referenced with specificity. An exhibit to a motion, objection, memorandum, brief or other document that seeks relief or supports a request for relief must be specifically referenced in the document.
(f) Failure to respond to a request for relief. A failure to respond to (i) any motion, application, or claim objection or (ii) any document requesting relief to which a response is required by these Local Rules or court order is sufficient grounds for the court to grant the requested relief.