Local Rule 1015-1: CONSOLIDATION OR JOINT ADMINISTRATION
Bankr. W.D.N.Y. — General rule
Rule 1015. CONSOLIDATION OR JOINT ADMINISTRATION [Former Rule 17 A thru D]
1015-1. A. Upon the entry of an Order of Joint Administration of two or more related cases, the Clerk shall:
1. Designate any one of said cases to be the lead case for purposes of docketing and filing.
2. Enter the Order of Joint Administration simultaneously on the dockets of all cases covered by the Order and file a copy of the Order of Joint Administration in the case file of all cases covered by the Order, except the lead case.
3. File the original of the Order of Joint Administration in the case file of the lead case.
4. Thereafter, maintain only the lead case file and docket for all activity affecting any of the jointly-administered cases.
B. The party which obtained the Order for Joint Administration shall, within ten (10) days of the entry of said Order, file with the Court a consolidated matrix comprising a total mailing list of all interested parties in all the jointly administered cases, without duplication.
C. Adequate safeguards shall be established by the Clerk to assure that parties interested in examining the docket or file of a case that is not the lead case will be directed thereby to the docket and file of the lead case for further matters affecting the case in question. Furthermore, to the extent that a docketable paper or event clearly pertains to less than all of the jointly-administered cases, the docket entry made on the lead docket shall so indicate this to enable parties to more readily examine the activities in any one of the jointly-administered cases.
D. Notwithstanding the above, the Clerk may require parties in interest, or request the Court to seek, obtain, or execute separate documents for each case where necessary for purposes of clarity, statistical reporting, case closing or other similar cause.