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04.05.2013 PUBLIC NOTICE
Essential ECF Live server firmware update will be performed on Thurs., April 11, 2013. CM/ECF will be unavailable to all users beginning at 6:00 a.m. It is anticipated that the system will be available NO LATER THAN 7:00 a.m. An email will be sent to all users when the update has been successfully completed. |
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04.05.2013 NOTICE
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the meetings of creditors scheduled for the Rome Division on Friday, April 5, 2013 are cancelled. These meetings will be rescheduled and all parties will be notified of the new date/time. We apologize for any inconvenience. |
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01.25.2013 Notice of Closing Due to inclement weather, the Gainesville Division of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia closed today, Friday, January 25, 2013, at 11:00 a.m.. |
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01.15.2013 PUBLIC NOTICE
Due to some newly discovered Eorders issues with CM/ECF 5.0/5.1, there will be a slight change to our previously published installation schedule. The new schedule is as follows:
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as the Court performs this important system upgrade. |
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12.21.2012 PUBLIC NOTICE
The Richard B. Russell Building will be closed on Monday, December 24, 2012 (as well as Christmas Day, December 25th). We will resume normal business hours on Wednesday, December 26th. |
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11.08.2012 PUBLIC NOTICE
The GANB CM/ECF server will undergo system maintenance on Saturday, November 17, 2012, from 8:00AM/EST until 1:00PM/EST. The system will be unavailable during this period. You will receive notification when we have returned to full ECF server functionality. We appreciate your understanding and patience during this essential firmware upgrade. |
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08.09.2012 PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice to all GANB CM/ECF Participants of upcoming GANB ECF COOP test with interruptions to service, scheduled for Tues., 8/14/12
On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, there will be intermittent interruptions in the availability of Georgia Northern Bankruptcy's CM/ECF between the hours of 9:45AM to 2:00PM (Eastern Daylight Time) to allow the Court to participate in COOP (Continuity of Operations Plan) exercises. A message will be sent when the testing is complete. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.
Want more details ? In order to be better prepared to handle an emergency situation, the Court is conducting a COOP exercise (Continuity of Operations Plan) which contemplates the primary CM/ECF server being totally out of commission. We will switch to our off-site replication server to ensure that all essential CM/ECF functions can be performed on that server as designed (known as the "fail-over" process). This procedure should be transparent to external users except for a small window of time when the internet addresses (IP's) will be changed between the production servers and the Replication servers. Changing IP addresses over the Internet is an extremely involved process but we anticipate that this delay will not be more than thirty minutes. During this delay the CM/ECF server will be unavailable for use. At 12:00 noon we will begin the Fail-Back process, and it is estimated to run thru 1:00PM. We estimate that this process will create at least one hour of downtime to ECF. It is our plan to return ECF service to you by 2:00 p.m., and, as mentioned above, an email message will be sent when GANB ECF returns to full operational status. |
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07.17.2012 PUBLIC NOTICE
The GANB ECF team needs to upgrade the Operating System of the ECF servers. This essential task is scheduled for Saturday, July 21st, from 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. EDT. ECF will not be available for use during this period. A message will be sent when the system is back up and operational. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation. |
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05.15.12
The United States Bankrupty Court, Northern District of Georgia is currently experiencing problems with its telephone system. Technicians are on site and repairs underway however, it could be several more hours before the system is fully functional. We apologize for the inconvenience. |
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03.07.2012
PUBLIC NOTICE
As a result of our plan to upgrade to CM/ECF Version 4.3, the system will be unavailable on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 8:00 AM until 12:00 Noon (ET). This new software version supports the increase in the PACER access fee, effective April 1, 2012. Please refer to www.ganb.uscourts.gov, Public Notice 01.11.12, for details about this fee increase. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this downtime. |
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02.15.12
PUBLIC NOTICE
GANB must upgrade the ECF Live Server's Operating System. This maintenance is scheduled for Friday, February 24, 2012, from 8:00 PM until 12:00 AM. (ET). CM/ECF will be unavailable during this upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience. |
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10.25.2011
***Important Notice to all GANB CM/ECF Participants regarding the unavailability of CM/ECF in November 2011***
In both instances, we hope that the system will be available sooner than stated above. An email will be sent to this email group as soon as ECF service has been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience. |
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06.3.2011 NOTICE On Thursday, June 9, 2011, our PACER network service will be migrated from Sprint to AT&T. This effort will disrupt access to GANB ECF. |
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04.08.2011 Important Message Regarding Possible Government Shut-Down The Court will be open for regular business on Monday, April 11, 2011 even if Congress does not pass a budget or Continuing Resolution before the current Continuing Resolution expires at 12:01 AM on April 9, 2011. All hearings and meetings of creditors will be held as scheduled. CM/ECF will remain available to users. |
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03.09.11 NOTICE We need to install a critical update to the GANB Live CM/ECF Server Operating System, necessitating some downtime. This GANB ECF Live Server downtime will be on Saturday, March 12th, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon ET. The server should be restored to full availability after that time. |
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03.01.11 NOTICE Notice to all GANB CM/ECF Participants - GANB ECF server down this Sunday, March 6, 2011, from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. ET. Our plan on progressing toward ECF Version 4.1 includes a "critical firmware upgrade". We have this task queued up for this Sunday, March 6, 2011, from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. This action requires ECF server downtime. |
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02.14.2011 NOTICE The GANB ECF Live Server has now been restored to full availability as of 12:49 pm today. |
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02.14.2011 NOTICE Our ECF Support team is performing some essential fixes*. This work will keep ECF unavailable until 1:00 p.m. today (estimated). *As a result of the installation early last Saturday of the upgraded ECF 4.1 System Software, we encountered some issues which need to be addressed immediately to ensure continued stability of our ECF system. |
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02.08.11 NOTICE Notice to all GANB CM/ECF Participants - We plan to upgrade the GANB ECF servers this Saturday morning, 2/12/11. We plan to have the servers down from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Full service should be restored afterwards, and another email will be sent to you at that time. |
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01.07.2011 NOTICE The network infrastructure upgrade previously scheduled for tomorrow for all of the U. S. Courts has been rescheduled to Saturday, January 15, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. ET until 5:00 p.m. ET. |
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01.05.2011 NOTICE Due to an upgrade to network infrastructure for all of the U. S. Courts, our GANB ECF service will be down from 8 AM ET to 1 PM ET, on Sat., 1/8/11, with intermittent outages from 1 PM ET until 5 PM ET. Full service restoration is expected at 5 PM ET. During the 1 PM ET to 5 PM ET time frame, a user may not able to log into CM/ECF, or their session may be terminated. If either of these two afore-mentioned situations occur, it is recommend that a user wait at least 30 minutes before attempting to re-establish their session. |
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12.21.2010 NOTICE NOTICE to all GANB ECF Participants - The GANB CM/ECF Server will be down on Thursday, December 23, 2010, from 6:00 a.m. EST to 8:00 a.m. EST. |
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*****TRAFFIC ALERT***** Extremely heavy traffic is predicted for Monday November 1st, 2010. The Get Motivated Seminar that will be held at the Georgia Dome on Monday November 1, 2010, beginning at 8:00 AM, is expected to cause extremely heavy traffic during the morning and evening commutes. This event will likely affect the downtown commuter traffic, parking and express way routes into the downtown area. Please plan accordingly. |
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11.15.2010 NOTICE Maintenance is scheduled for the GANB CM/ECF Live server (to apply SAN firmware flashing). We will be taking the server off-line to do this. Our plan is to start this effort at 7:30 a.m. EST on Saturday, November 20, 2010. The effort should be completed by 12:30 p.m. EST on that same day. Thanks for your anticipated understanding ! |
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10.20.2010 NOTICE GANB CM/ECF will be unavailable for your use from 8:00 p.m. ET until 10:00 p.m. ET on Friday, October 22nd. We will be upgrading our network switches here in Atlanta this weekend, and there will be no network connectivity during the switch-over. An email will be sent when service has been completely restored. Thank you for your patience and cooperation with this upgrade. |
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05.26.2010
NOTICE CONCERNING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH LIVE CM/ECF SERVER
CM/ECF service has been restored. Thank you for your patience. |
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05.25.2010
NOTICE CONCERNING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH LIVE CM/ECF SERVER
Currently we are experiencing technical problems with the Live CM/ECF server, resulting in an extremely slow CM/ECF application for both inside and outside users. We are attempting to resolve the problem and we apologize for any inconvenience. |
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05.10.2010 NOTICE There will be GANB CM/ECF Live Server downtime tomorrow, Tuesday, May 11, 2010, from 6:00 a.m. EDT to 8:00 a.m. (estimated). We will send another email when the Server is back in production. Want more details ? A secondary hard drive controller started producing error messages, indicating looming failure. A replacement part should be here today for installation tomorrow morning. |
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04.13.2010 NOTICE Due to a need for some essential maintenance on our GANB CM/ECF 3.3.3 Live Server, we will be taking that server off-line on Saturday, April 17, 2010, from 7:00 a.m. (EDT) to 12:00 noon (EDT). |
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03.22.2010 NOTICE The GANB CM/ECF server will be unavailable beginning at 5:00 p.m. EDT NEXT Friday, March 26, 2010. We will be upgrading during that time to CM/ECF Version 3.3.3. Our plan is to return the ECF server to full availability by 12:00 midnight. Please help ensure our ability to start our upgrade project timely by logging out of ECF prior to 5:00 p.m. on that day. |
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02.22.10 NOTICE Due to an urgent equipment-related situation, the GANB ECF Live Server will be down tomorrow morning, Tuesday, February 23, starting at 6:00 a.m. ET and concluding by 7:00 a.m. ET (estimated). |
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01.12.2010 NOTICE We plan to bring down the CM/ECF server THIS Friday, January 15th, @ 5:00 pm ET. This maintenance is scheduled to be completed by noon on Saturday, January 16th. Please make sure that you help our project along by being logged out of ECF by 5:00 pm on that Friday. Thanks ! |
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12.03.2009 NOTICE to all GANB CM/ECF Participants - - - We plan to bring down the CM/ECF server on next Friday, December 11th @ 4:00 pm ET. During the weekend, we will be migrating to our new server. We plan to have the new server available for all users no later than 6:00 am on Monday, December 14. Please make sure that you help our project along by being logged out of ECF by 4:00 pm on that Friday. Thanks ! |
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10.05.2009 Judges C. Ray Mullins, Paul W. Bonapfel and Mary Grace Diehl of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia have asked the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) to survey members of the Bar to assess the their level of performance. The survey is part of each of those Judges’ on-going commitment to provide the highest level of public service possible. The FJC is the research and education organization for the federal courts and is located in Washington, D.C. |
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10.15.2009 Notice to all GANB CM/ECF participants Due to an issue which just arose beyond our control, we need to take the GANB CM/ECF server down again this weekend to redo the data migration. We will take the ECF server down beginning Friday night (10/16/09) right after midnight (12:01 a.m. EDT). We plan to return the server to full availability by 6:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, October 17th. Want more details ? - - - We are in the process of converting to a new server which is designed to provide much quicker service to our customers, so "please pardon our progress" ! |
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10.02.2009 Notice to all GANB CM/ECF participants The GANB ECF Live server will be unavailable for your use from Saturday, October 10th, at 6:00 a.m. ET until 6:00 p.m. ET. |
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09.01.09 The GANB CM/ECF server will be unavailable beginning Friday, September 11, at 4:00 p.m. ET. We will be upgrading during that time to CM/ECF Version 3.3.2 (Emergency Software Release 1). Our plan is to return the ECF server to full availability by 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 13. In case you want to practice with this new release, our Training Database has already been updated (see https://ecf-train.ganb.circ11.dcn ). |
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08.06.2009 Notice to all GANB CM/ECF participants regarding upcoming training classes - This hands-on training class is not to teach you the new law or how to use your software. It is training on how to transmit your documents via the internet using the Court’s electronic case filing system. Each “Hands-On CM/ECF Training” class will be held in the U.S. Courts Training Center (room 12105, 12th floor, Richard B. Russell Building and U. S. Courthouse). These classes are approximately 2 hours in length. One notice is for Debtor's Attorneys, and the other is for Creditor's Attorneys. See specific Notice(s) for more details. |
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06.24.2009 PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Proposed Amendments to the Local Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Click here. |
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06.19.2009 PUBLIC NOTICE CANCELLED ! Will be rescheduled with Notice.
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06.10.2009 Notice to all GANB CM/ECF participants regarding upcoming training classes - This hands-on training class is not to teach you the new law or how to use your software. It is training on how to transmit your documents via the internet using the Court’s electronic case filing system. Each “Hands-On CM/ECF Training” class will be held in the U.S. Courts Training Center (room 12105, 12th floor, Richard B. Russell Building and Courthouse). These classes are approximately 2 hours in length. One notice is for Debtor's Attorneys, and the other is for Creditor's Attorneys. See specific Notice(s) for more details. |
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03.26.2009 PUBLIC NOTICE
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02.18.2009 The Court’s CM/ECF Administrative Procedures state that it is the responsibility of the party filing the documents to ensure that personal data have been redacted before filing. E-filers must use extra care to make sure that the PDF documents to be submitted to ECF are fully and completely free of any hidden data which may contain redacted information. The Clerk’s Office has created a guide for Redaction of Personal Identifiers, which can be found on the CM/ECF page of the Court’s website. Please click HERE for the guide. The Clerk’s Office does not endorse any specific method to “sanitize” a document, but we do offer some examples of ways to ensure that your documents have been redacted as intended.
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02.04.2009 NOTICE TO THE BAR Please be advised future Notices with regard to all hearing in the Rome Division must use Room 342 as the location.
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01.14.2009 NOTICE TO THE BAR Attorneys may apply for special photo identifications cards that will authorize them to bring camera phones into Northern District of Georgia Federal Courthouses. Click HERE for Notice to Bar. Click HERE for related Memorandum. |
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12.15.08 General Order No. 10-2008 The Court entered General Order No. 10-2008, In Re: Adoption of Interim Bankruptcy Rule 1007-I, on December 15, 2008. Consistent with the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008, Interim Bankruptcy Rule 1007-I will apply to cases commenced in the three-year period beginning December 19, 2008. Click HERE for Order.The Court’s Public Notice Regarding Interim Rule 1007-I and Revised Bankruptcy Form 22A may be viewed by clicking HERE for Notice.
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12.12.08 PUBLIC NOTICE Regarding Interim Rule 1007-I and Revised Bankruptcy Form 22A concerning temporary exclusion from the means test pursuant to the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-438. Click HERE for the notice. |
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11.12.2008 TWO MESSAGES FOR ATTORNEYS ONLY - 1. The Georgia Legal Services Program - The State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Project - - - Volunteer to handle at least two bankruptcy cases over the next several months. Add your name to the list of lawyers for referral purposes, too. Click HERE for form. 2. From the State Bar of Georgia Veterans and Military Law Pro Bono Committee - The State Bar of Georgia is working to develop a referral panel of lawyers across the state who will help veterans with disability claims or enlisted Armed Forces and Guard members with general civil legal needs on a pro bono or paid basis. Click HERE for form. |
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10.8.2008 PUBLIC NOTICES 1. Regarding new and amended Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that are effective December 1, 2008. Click HERE for a copy of this notice. Click HERE to see related General Order No. 9-2008. 2. Regarding new and amended Bankruptcy forms that are effective December 1, 2008. Click HERE for a copy of the public notice. |
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08.14.2008 PUBLIC NOTICE |
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05.08.2008 Notice Re: Please be advised that the Judges have approved a revision to the |
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04.23.2008 Notice to all GANB CM/ECF participants - - - The Clerk's Office was asked to implement a mechanism that would alert electronic filers attempting to file a new petition that a case was filed within the previous 7 days that matches the SSN of the case being uploaded. We have been successful, and you will now see an alert that tells you a case already exists. You will have the option to continue if you wish. We are hopeful this new tool will be beneficial to you. Please let us know if you experience any problems. |
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04.14.2008 Announcement of Suggested The Judges have approved additional suggested language for Paragraph 10 of the Chapter 13 Form Plan, to address: (1) Other allowed secured claims as to which a proof of claim is filed but which is not specifically treated in the plan; and (2) Claims subject to lien avoidance pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §522(f). Please click HERE to access the Suggested Paragraph 10 Plan Language and HERE to access the revised Chapter 13 Form Plan. |
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03.21.2008 Announcement of Proposed Official Forms for Plan and Disclosure Statement A provision of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 required the Judicial Conference of the United States to design an official form for the Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and disclosure statement for small business debtors as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101(51D). Pub.L. 109-8, Title IV § 433, 119 Stat. 110 (2005). The Judicial
Conference has approved these forms, and the Small Business Chapter 11 Plan/Official Form
25A and Disclosure Statement/Official Form 25B will become effective on December 1, 2008,
if approved by the Supreme Court and Congress does not act to the contrary. As the Committee Notes accompanying these forms make clear, both Official Forms are “intended to provide an illustrative format rather than a prescription for the language or content” of either. Although these Official Forms are not yet effective and will not be mandatory, they may be useful in providing guidance as to the information and disclosures required in such cases. |
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1.11.2008
Announcement for Form Stipulations To facilitate the preparation and presentation of consent orders to resolve motions of lenders for relief from the automatic stay to foreclose on real estate in Chapter 13 cases, the Bankruptcy Judges, other than Judge Murphy, have approved the use of a form stipulation on which the parties check boxes to select applicable provisions of their agreement and fill in blanks for variable items such as the property description, the amount of arrearage, and payment terms. The parties then attach the completed stipulation form to a proposed consent order that incorporates it as the order of the Court and present it to the Bankruptcy Judge for consideration and entry, if appropriate. Please click HERE to view these documents. |
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1.10.2008 Please see a hyperlink, below, to the PDF on the U. S. Trustee Program's web site of the "Notice of Revised Chapter 11 Quarterly Fee Schedule" which was effective January 1, 2008. |
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1.7.2008 Please click HERE to view a Public Notice Regarding the Voluntary Petition which has been amended effective January 1, 2008.
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12.10.2007 Effective Monday, December 10, 2007; two new local forms have been implemented for use by debtors at the end of a Chapter 13 case filed under the provisions of BAPCPA. Click HERE to view the Debtor's 11 U.S.C. § 1328 Certificate form and HERE to view the Statement of Chapter 13 Debtor Regarding 11 U.S.C. § 522(q) Exemption form, both of which are also available on our local forms page. |
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11.29.2007 Please click HERE to view updated instructions regarding scheduling hearings on motions for relief from the automatic stay in chapter 7 cases. |
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11.21.2007 The Administrative Office of the United States Courts has announced new and amended bankruptcy rules and forms. The rules are scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2007. The forms will be effective December 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008. Please click HERE for a copy of this public notice. |
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11.06.2007 A revised CM/ECF User Guide Attorney edition is available. Please click HERE for a copy of the public notice regarding the new CM/ECF User Guide. Click HERE for a .pdf copy of the guide itself. Click HERE for a copy of the comparison document that showcases the differences between the new and the previous version. |
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10.01.2007 Effective Monday, October 1, 2007, the National Archives will amend the fees it charges to reproduce public court documents in National Archives facilities nationwide. The fees are being changed to reflect current costs of providing the reproductions. This is the first fees increase in more than a decade. A copy of the amended fee schedule is available by clicking HERE . The NARA research web page for Bankruptcy records can be reached by clicking HERE. |
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10.01.2007 On Thursday, September 27, 2007, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts announced that the Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule has been amended to include court-appointed pro bono attorneys among that category of persons that a court may exempt from PACER fees upon the proper showing. This amendment is effective September 18, 2007. A copy of the amended fee schedule is available by clicking HERE . |
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09.14.2007 The Court welcomes a new pro bono opportunity, The Reaffirmation Project, which was developed by the Bankruptcy Section of the Atlanta Bar Association in collaboration with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Please view the Notice Regarding Hearings on Reaffirmation Agreements and The Reaffirmation Agreement Project by clicking HERE. The Reaffirmation Project Debtor Information Packet is posted on the Office of the Clerk page of the Court's web site, under "Public Resources". You may view the Information Packet by clicking HERE. Please click HERE for a copy of the Notice of Hearing on Reaffirmation Agreement. |
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08.23.2007 Please click HERE for a pdf copy of the public notice regarding Amended Director's Procedural Forms. |
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04.13.2007
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