Announcements

• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Tennessee
  will be closed for Thanksgiving, November 26 and November 27
  and Christmas, December 24 and December 25, 2009

• New Voice Case Information System
  Effective September 28, 2009

• EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

  Parties desiring to file Reaffirmation Agreements with our court may file a complete Original, Amended/Corrected Reaffirmation using the entire Official Form 240A. Also, parties who have a need to file a specific portion of the form have access to each part as a fillable PDF on this court’s website as follows:
  

  1) Reaffirmation Agreement-Part A (Disclosure Statement)
  2) Reaffirmation Agreement-Part B (Reaffirmation Agreement)
  3) Reaffirmation Agreement-Part C (Certification by Debtor’s Attorney-If Any)
  4)Reaffirmation Agreement-Part D (Debtor’s Statement in Support of Reaffirmation Agreement)
  5) Reaffirmation Agreement-Part E (Motion For Court Approval of Reaffirmation Agreement)
  

  EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2009

  Parties will be required to include form B27, Reaffirmation Agreement Cover Sheet, which will be available at that time and will be included among the portions listed above which may be filed separately, as the need arises to do so.
• PROTECTIVE ORDER BLOCKING FROM PUBLIC VIEW AND PROHIBITING ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
• NEW Telephonic Procedures - Jackson Beginning July 1, 2009 - NEW courtroom telephonic procedures will begin in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court SEE QUICK LINKS (Telephonic Appearances - Jackson) for the details.
• Rescission of Local Adoption of Interim Bankruptcy Rules

• Changes to Miscellaneous Fee Schedules effective 10/1/2008 [8/22/2008]

• ECF Guidelines revised July 14, 2008 effective 11/1/2008

• Amended Rules Governing Complaints of Judicial Misconduct or Disability [7/2/07] The comment period for the new Rules Governing Complaints of Judicial Misconduct or Disability has run and there were no comments.; they take effect March 1, 2007. Caution: If you experience difficulty printing the Judicial Complaint Rules, download the file to your desktop and then print . --- >> (below §1)        §1:  Judicial Complaint Rules and Form.
• Redaction of Social Security Number [5/31/2007]
• Filing Menu-Trustee [6/6/2008]
• Filing Menu-Attorney [6/6/2008]
• Automatic Adjustment of Certain Dollar Amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and Official Bankruptcy Forms April 01, 2007[3/30/07]
• Changes to Miscellaneous Fee Schedules for Bankruptcy Courts [12/1/06]
• New Speed Claim Information -- [5/17/2006]

New Attorneys wishing to appear telephonically --[4/1/2006] Attorneys wishing to appear telephonically must file a motion requesting such at least one week prior to the hearing at which they wish to appear telephonically unless otherwise approved by presiding judge.

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