CAEB — Revision to Local Bankruptcy Rule 1002-1

Source: https://www.caeb.uscourts.gov//documents/forms/generalorders/GO.04-03.pdf

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT OCT ' 3 sind EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA In re: REVISION TO LOCAL BANKRUPTCY RULE 1002-1 GENERAL ORDER 04-03 Notice and opportunity for public comment having been given in accordance with Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9029, and those comments received having been duly reviewed and considered by the Court, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Local Bankruptcy Rule 1002-1, Intra-district Venue, is amended as set forth on the attachment hereto, effective November 1, 2004. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: @c-+tober 13, 2eo4 She Michael S. McManus Chief Bankruptcy Judge (ant Dickson McKeag ankruptcy Judge Thomas C. Holman Bankruptcy Judge { Christopher M. Klein Bankruptcy Judge DR Whitney Rimel, ‘ Bankruptcy Judge W. Richard Lee Bankruptcy Judge

REVISED LOCAL BANKRUPTCY RULE 1002-1 Intra-district Venue * Effective November 1, 2004 Petitions for relief under Title 11, United States Code; shall be filed in one of the three divisions of the Eastern District as determined by the following: (a) Fresno Division. Petitions from the Counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare, shall be filed with the Office of the Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court, 2656 Federal Building, 1130 O Street, Fresno, CA 93721. (b) Modesto Division. Petitions from the Counties of Calaveras, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne, and-alPostat Zip-Codes within San Foaquin County except those tisted in {ec}, betow, if presented by U.S. mail, shall be addressed to the Office of the Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court, P.O. Box 5276, Modesto, CA 95352, or, if delivered to the court in person or by private parcel delivery service, shall be filed with the Office of the Clerk at 1130 12th Street, Suite C, Modesto, CA 95354. (c) Sacramento Division. Petitions from the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba, andthe Postal Z1p-Codes-of 95220-9522F-95234--9523F, 95246, 95244, 95242-95253, 95258, and 95686 within San Foaquin €ounty, shall be filed with the Office of the Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court, 501 I Street, Suite 3-200, Sacramento, CA 95814-2322. (d) Transfer of Incorrectly Filed Petitions. If the debtor's address on a petition indicates that it should be filed in a division other than the division to which it is presented for filing, the Clerk shall nevertheless accept it, and any other pleadings presented with the petition, for filing on behalf of the proper division. The Clerk shall obtain and place the proper division's case number on the petition and accompanying pleadings and transmit them to the proper division. (e) Request for Different Venue. Ifthe debtor believes that venue should be ina division other than the division designated for the debtor's address, the debtor may file a motion to transfer the case to another division. The Clerk shall promptly present the motion to any available judge.

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