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...
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News & Announcements
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.
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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Mon, 11/09/2015
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...
Mon, 06/29/2015
The Judges of this Court have recently entered an order governing applications for compensation to debtors counsel in chapter 13 cases. A copy of this order is can be found under the "Local Rules/Standing...
Fri, 06/05/2015
The 2nd Annual Western District of Virginia Bankruptcy Conference was approved for six and one-half (6.5) hours of continuing legal education credit, including one (1) hour of ethics.
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