United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Louisiana.
February 1, 2006
DOUGLAS DODD, Bankruptcy Judge
Pursuant to § 105 and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 1001, the Court issues the following standing order to expedite hearings by changing the hearing times on all matters in chapter 13 cases that would be scheduled for 10:30 a.m. This standing order modifies Standing Order 2005-1.
Accordingly, effective for all matters noticed or scheduledfor a hearing to take place on or after March 8, 2006, and until further notice,
IT IS ORDERED that Local Rule 3015-3(b) is temporarily suspended, and that hearings on proposed post-confirmation modifications of chapter 13 plans shall be held at 8:30 a.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, and/or any other Wednesday that the Court may deem necessary.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Local Rule 9013-1(e) is temporarily suspended in part. All provisions of 9013-1 through 9014-3 of these Rules shall apply to motions and contested matters in Chapter 13 cases except that Wednesday shall be Motion Day for Chapter 13 motions and contested matters. In Chapter 13 cases, motions seeking relief under 11 U.S.C. § 362 and all other motions or contested matters initiated by parties other than the standing chapter 13 trustee, ordinarily shall be noticed for hearing at 8:30 a.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and/or on any other Wednesday as deemed necessary by the Court. Movant must select an available hearing date from the calendar posted on the Court’s website (www.lamb.uscourts.gov). Motions or contested matters initiated by the standing chapter 13 trustee shall be noticed for hearing at 8:45 a.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month and on any other Wednesday as deemed necessary by the Court. If the trustee’s motion or contested matters can be noticed for hearing contemporaneously with hearing on confirmation of a chapter 13 plan, the motion or contested matter may be noticed for hearing at the same time as the hearing on plan confirmation.
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