Local Rule LCR 88: BANKRUPTCY APPEALS

LCR 88

BANKRUPTCY APPEALS

(a) Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

(1) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(b)(6), this court hereby authorizes a bankruptcy appellate panel to hear and determine appeals from judgments, orders, and decrees entered by bankruptcy judges from this district, subject to the limitations set forth in subparagraphs (2) and (3).

(2) The bankruptcy appellate panel may hear and determine only those appeals in which all parties to the appeal consent thereto pursuant to paragraph (b) of this rule.

(3) The bankruptcy appellate panel may hear and determine appeals from final judgments, orders, and decrees entered by bankruptcy judges and, with leave of the bankruptcy appellate panel, appeals from interlocutory orders and decrees entered by bankruptcy judges.

(b) Form and Time of Consent

The consent of a party to allow an appeal to be heard and determined by the bankruptcy appellate panel shall be deemed to have been given unless written objection thereto is timely made in accordance with the Orders Establishing and Continuing the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.

(c) Rules Governing Bankruptcy Appeals

(1) Practice in such bankruptcy appeals as may come before this district shall be governed by Part VIII of the Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, except as provided in this rule or in rules subsequently adopted by this district court.

(2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), unless otherwise ordered by the court, appellant's and appellee's initial briefs shall not exceed 10,500 words or, if written by hand or typewriter, thirty pages, and appellant's reply brief shall not exceed 7,000 words or, if written by hand or typewriter, twenty pages.