Local Rule 9011-2: REPRESENTED PARTIES; PRO SE PARTIES

Rule 9011-2 REPRESENTED PARTIES; PRO SE PARTIES

(a) Represented Parties. Any party for whom a general appearance of counsel has been made shall not thereafter take any step or be heard in the case in proper person, that is on his or her own behalf, absent prior leave of Court.

(b) Pro Se Parties. A party who has elected to proceed in proper person, that is to represent himself or herself without an attorney, shall not be permitted to obtain special or intermittent appearances of counsel except upon such conditions as the Court may specify.

__________________________ Notes of Advisory Committee 2015 Amendment The revisions to this rule are primarily stylistic. This amendment to the rule is effective July 1, 2015.

1997 Amendment This amendment conforms the existing Local Rules to the uniform numbering system prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States and to the model system suggested and approved by the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference's Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. In renumbering the Local Rules to conform to the uniform numbering system, no change in substance is intended. This amendment to the rule was effective on April 15, 1997.

This rule was formerly Local Rule 1.08(c). The Advisory Committee Notes to the superseded rules may be helpful in interpreting and applying the current rules.