Holiday Announcement
- The Office of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Clerk will be closed Monday, February 20, 2012, in observance of Washington's Birthday. Electronic filing will be fully operational.
[02/10/2012]
Northern District of California Bankruptcy Judgeship Opportunity
- Application forms are available from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Web site. Click here for the announcement.
[01/12/2012]
ACH Payments
- Effective January 9, 2012, users paying filing fees in CM/ECF have the option to pay by bank account debit, or Automated Clearing House (ACH), in addition to credit card payment.
[12/14/2011]
Bankruptcy Forms
- Amended Official Bankruptcy Forms 1 (Voluntary Petition), 10 (Proof of Claim), and 25A (Plan of Reorganization in Small Business Case Under Chapter 11), and new Forms 10 Attachment A (Mortgage Proof of Claim attachment), 10 Supplement 1 (Notice of Mortgage Payment Change), and 10 Supplement 2 (Notice of Postpetition Mortgage Fees, Expenses and Changes) are effective December 1, 2011. Click here for a description of the changes in the bankruptcy forms. The forms may be found here.
[10/24/2011]
Bankruptcy Rules Amended
- Amended Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 1004.2, 2003, 2019, 3001, 3002.1, 4004 and 6003 are effective December 1, 2011. Click here for a description of the rule amendments. The rules may be found here.
[10/24/2011]
Local Rules Amended
- General Order 11-01 revises LBR 3001-1 and abrogates LBR 3002-1 effective December 1, 2011. A redline version may be accessed by clicking here and scrolling down to 'Redlined version of Local Rules amended by General Order 11-01.
[10/24/2011]
PACER Fee Increase
- The Judicial Conference of the United States authorized an increase in the electronic public access fee from $.08 per page to $.10 per page effective April 1, 2012, in order to support and improve the PACER system.
[10/01/2011]
Fee Increase
- The Judicial Conference approved changes to the miscellaneous fee schedules effective November 1, 2011. In addition to other changes, filing fees for all chapters will increase by $7. The fee schedule may be accessed by clicking here.
[10/14/2011]
Proposed Amendments to National Rules
- The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal, and Evidence Rules have proposed amendments to their respective rules and requested that the proposals be circulated to the bench, bar, and public for comment. The proposed amendments are posted on the Judiciary's Federal Rulemaking Web site at http://www.uscourts.gov/rules. The public comment period ends on February 15, 2012.
[08/24/2011]