Local Rule Local Rule 3016-2: Combined Disclosure Statement and Plan; Conditional Approval of Disclosure Statements; Combined Hearings on Final Approval of Disclosure Statements and Confirmation of Plans in Chapter 11 Cases.

Local Rule 3016-2. Combined Disclosure Statement and Plan; Conditional Approval of Disclosure Statements; Combined Hearings on Final Approval of Disclosure Statements and Confirmation of Plans in Chapter 11 Cases.

A disclosure statement and plan may be combined into one document.

A plan proponent may file a motion requesting (i) conditional approval of a disclosure statement; (ii) approval of solicitation procedures and forms of ballots and notices; and (iii) the scheduling of a joint hearing to consider final approval of the adequacy of the disclosure statement and confirmation of a proposed plan. The motion may be granted without a hearing if the motion provides at least fourteen (14) days' notice to the United States Trustee, any statutory committee, the twenty (20) largest unsecured creditors and all parties who have requested service. Any objections to a request for conditional approval must be filed within fourteen (14) days. The failure to object to a request for conditional approval does not constitute a waiver of any objection to the final approval of a disclosure statement or confirmation of a proposed plan.