Local Rule RULE 1000-1: DEFINITIONS
Bankr. N.D. Ill. — General rule
RULE 1000-1 DEFINITIONS
(1) "Administrative Procedures" means the Administrative Procedures for the Case Management/Electronic Case Filing System adopted by the court.
(2) "Bankruptcy Code" means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
(3) "Bankruptcy court" means the bankruptcy judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
(4) "Clerk" means the clerk of the court and any deputy clerk.
(5) "Clerk of the court" means the clerk of the court duly appointed by the bankruptcy court.
(6) "CM/ECF" means the Case Management/Electronic Case Filing System.
(7) "Courtroom deputy" means the deputy clerk assigned to perform courtroom duties for a particular judge.
(8) "Date of presentment" means the day on which the motion is to be presented in open court according to the notice required by Rule 9013-1.
(9) "District court" means the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
(10) "District Court Local Rules" means the local rules of the district court.
(11) "Executive Committee" means the executive committee of the district court.
(12) "Fillable Order" means an order created using the Fillable Order PDF template available on the court's website.
(13) "Judge" or "court" means the judge assigned to a case or an adversary proceeding or any other judge sitting in that judge's place.
(14) "Motion" means a request for relief by motion, objection (other than to a disclosure statement or plan), and application (other than to waive the filing fee, pay the filing fee in installments, or set a hearing on an emergency motion under Rule 9013-2).
(15) "Registrants" means individuals with unrestricted passwords registered to file documents in CM/ECF.
(16) "Rules" means these Local Bankruptcy Rules.
(17) "Rule" means one of the Local Bankruptcy Rules.
(18) "Trustee" means the person appointed or elected to serve as trustee in a case under the Bankruptcy Code.