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Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.

Thu, 04/07/2016

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia is considering a number of amendments to it’s local rules.  Below you will find the proposed amendments which will be acted on by the court after you have had an opportunity...

Mon, 03/14/2016

APPOINTMENT TO PANEL OF CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEES


 


            The United States Trustee seeks resumes from persons wishing to be considered for appointment to the panel of trustees who administer cases filed under chapter...

Mon, 11/23/2015

There are several changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure taking effect on December 1, 2015.  Most particularly, FRCP 4, 16 and 26 (7004, 7016 and 7026), which specifically refer to the civil rule counterparts as applying in bankruptcy...

Mon, 11/23/2015

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit seeks applications from all highly qualified candidates for a fourteen-year appointment as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maryland at Greenbelt.


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Wed, 10/28/2015



Judge Black would like to invite you to attend a brown bag lunch...

Mon, 10/19/2015

Please be advised that all but six of the Official Bankruptcy Forms will be replaced with substantially revised, reformatted, and renumbered versions effective December 1, 2015, as part of a forms modernization project that was initiated by the...

Fri, 09/11/2015

The CM/ECF server will be down from 8:00am to 10:00am on Sunday, September 13th, 2015 due to maintenance


Tue, 08/25/2015

The Administrative Procedures for CM/ECF have been revised effective September 1st, 2015.  Please visit the Local Rules/Standing Orders page to review the revisions.


Thu, 08/20/2015

Members of the Bar:


We are adjusting the current assignment of cases to give all cases filed in the Lynchburg Division to Judge Connelly, including...

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