Local Rule LBR 9015: Jury Trials
Bankr. W.D. Mich. — General rule
LBR 9015: Jury Trials
(a) Applicability of Certain Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Fed. R. Civ. P. 38, 39, and 47-51 apply in this Court's cases, except that a demand made under Fed. R. Civ. P. 38(b) must be filed in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 5005. Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(c) also applies to jury trials before this Court.
(b) Consent. If the right to a jury trial applies and a timely demand has been filed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 38(b), the parties may consent to have a trial by jury conducted by a bankruptcy judge under 28 U.S.C. 157(e) by jointly or separately filing a statement of consent no later than the date set for the filing of a Joint Final Pretrial Order.