Local Rule 9029-1: Local Rules — General

9029-1 Local Rules — General

(a) Effective Date. These Local Bankruptcy Rules shall take effect 60 days after notice is provided to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in accordance with procedure set forth in the District Court's Administrative Order 127, Delegation of Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure Approval Authority, dated February 21, 2017.

(b) Citation to Local Rules. The Local Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee shall be cited as LBR (number of rule).

(c) Administrative Procedures for Electronic Case Filing. The bankruptcy judges of the district are authorized, pursuant to FED. R. BANKR. P. 9029 to make and amend administrative procedures with respect to Electronic Case Filing (ECF) in the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Administrative procedures so enacted shall have the force of local bankruptcy rules but shall be made, amended, and applied with due regard for any new and developing technology that is the CM/ECF system.

(d) Administrative Procedures for Submission of Evidence Electronically. Pursuant to FED. R. BANKR. P. 9029 the bankruptcy judges of the district are authorized and have enacted procedures governing the submission of electronic evidence, known as Electronic Evidence Procedures ("EEP"). The administrative procedures for submission of electronic evidence have the force of local bankruptcy rules and may be amended from time to time. The most current version of these procedures is located on the court's website at https://www.tnmb.uscourts.gov/electronic-evidence-submission-application-eesa. The "Electronic Evidence Submission Application," ("EESA") is located in ECF, under "Bankruptcy" tab > "Exhibits."