Local Rule 1009: Amended Schedules and/or Matrix

L.R. 1009 – Amended Schedules and/or Matrix. A. Adding Creditors. If an amendment adds creditors, attorneys who are registered CM/ECF participants are required to upload creditor information for the additional creditors at the time of filing the amended document.

B. Content of Amended Schedules D, E, F, E/F (effective 12/1/2015), or Matrix. Amended Schedules D, E, F, E/F, and/or an amended matrix shall include only the names and addresses that have been newly added, or for which information has changed. Along with the amended schedule and/or matrix, the debtor shall file a signed declaration and/or verification (as applicable) for the amended schedule and/or matrix. If the debtor is deleting a creditor, the debtor must so state.

C. Service. The debtor shall serve the amended schedule and/or the amended matrix on the Trustee and on any entity affected thereby, in compliance with Rule 1009(a) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. In addition, when the amendment adds creditors, the debtor shall also serve, on any newly added creditor, a copy of the last issued notice of commencement of case, and in any asset case, a proof of claim form and notice of the claims bar date. In chapter 13 cases, the debtor shall also serve a copy of the current chapter 13 plan on every newly added creditor included in the amended document. The debtor shall file a certificate of service listing the documents served. The debtor shall serve a copy of the amended schedules and/or matrix on any party requesting a copy of these documents.

D. Large Chapter 11 Cases. In any large chapter 11 case, or a chapter 7 case that has been converted from a chapter 11 case, in which the Court authorizes the debtor or a noticing agent to provide notice and maintain the creditor matrix, the following procedures shall apply to amended matrices:

1. When the matrix needs to be amended or corrected, the debtor shall file, in PDF format the amended or corrected matrix in the CM/ECF system. The debtor shall not upload this amended matrix into the CM/ECF system. The filed (not uploaded) amended matrix shall include all names and addresses comprising the most current list of the debtor's creditors.

2. To file the amended or corrected matrix, the debtor shall use the "Amended Creditor Matrix" event.

3. On conversion of a chapter 11 case or within 7 days of any request from the Court or any other party, the debtor shall file, in PDF format, and upload (as a text file) an amended matrix as set forth in these Rules.