Local Rule 2002-1: NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

RULE 2002-1. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES A. Twenty-One-Day Notices to Parties in Interest. The proponent or movant shall prepare and serve the notices required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) unless the action is initiated by the Court, in which event the appropriate notice shall be served by the Clerk unless the Court directs otherwise. The notices required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(a)(7) shall be given by the Clerk in cases under Chapters 7, 9, 12 and 13. In a case under Chapter 11, the notices required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(a)(7) shall be given by the movant. The notices required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(a)(8) and (9) shall be given by the proponent of the plan unless a plan is filed concurrently with the petition, in which event the notices provided for in Bankruptcy Rule 2002(a)(8) and (9) shall be given by the Clerk.

B. Twenty-Eight-Day Notices to Parties in Interest. The notices required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(b) shall be given by the proponent of the plan or the party whose disclosure statement is being considered, unless a plan is filed concurrently with the petition in a Chapter 13 case, in which event the notices provided for in Bankruptcy Rule 2002(b) shall be given by the Clerk. See also Local Rule 3015-1.

C. Notice to Equity Security Holders. The proponent or movant shall prepare and give the notices required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(d)(3), (4), (5), (6), and (7).

D. Other Notices. The notice required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(f)(7) shall be given by the proponent of the plan. The notice required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(f)(8) shall be given by the Chapter 7 trustee.

E. Certificate of Service of Notices. The Notice of Electronic Filing created by the ECF System serves as a Certificate of Service.

1. If all parties who are entitled to receive notice are served by the ECF System, no additional Certificate of Service is necessary.

2. For parties not listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing who are entitled to receive notice, the filing party must serve the pleading in accordance with the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and shall either include a Certificate of Service in the pleading certifying the date of service, the manner of service, and the names and addresses of the persons and entities served or file a separate signed Certificate of Service containing the same information. If a separate Certificate of Service is filed electronically, the Certificate of Service shall specifically identify the notice served, and the docket event shall be related to the notice served. If the Certificate of Service is filed in paper form, the following must be attached: (1) a copy of the first page of the notice served and (2) a copy of the first page of the Notice of Electronic Filing of the notice.

a. When mailing paper copies of documents that have been electronically filed to parties who are not registered participants of the ECF System, the filing party must include the first page of the Notice of Electronic Filing to provide the recipient with proof of the filing.

3. If a party is required to serve notice of a "Text-Only Order" to parties who are not registered participants of the ECF System, the party shall send a copy of the Notice of Electronic Filing to such recipients. Only those pages of the Notice of Electronic Filing that contain the filing information, the docket entry and the document descriptions need to be served.

F. Motions to Shorten or Limit Notice. A motion to shorten the time or limit the distribution of any notice required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002 shall state the cause to shorten or limit notice. Such motions may be ruled upon ex parte.