Privacy Rule Reminder: To protect the rights of debtors and creditors, Bankruptcy Rule 9037 requires that certain personal data identifiers be modified or redacted from Bankruptcy Court case files. While there are limited exceptions, only the following should appear in filings made with the Bankruptcy Court:

-          only the last four digits of an individual's social security number or taxpayer identification number
-          only the last four digits of a financial account number
-          only the year of an individual's birth
-          only the initials of a minor.

Please note it is the responsibility of the attorney or the party making the filing with the court to redact the personal information. The clerk will not review documents and remove personal information. Special rules apply for transcripts that are filed with the Court. See the Transcripts tab of this website for more information. Consult Bankruptcy Rule 9037 for exemptions from the redaction requirements. If you or another party in a case has filed personal identifiers, you may file a Motion to Restrict Viewing of that document to court staff only. Please contact us with questions about the Privacy Rule.

Important Notice Regarding Time Period Changes Effective December 1, 2009, Including 14-Day Deadlines for Filing Schedules, Statements, Chapter 13 Plans, and Bankruptcy Appellate Briefs

Among the time-computation amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that will take effect on December 1, 2009, are changes to 12 rules that will result in a reduction by one day (from 15 to 14 days) of the time to take action. The affected rules are Bankruptcy Rules 1007, 1019, 1020, 2015, 2015.1, 2016, 3015, 4001, 4002, 6004, 6007, and 8009. Please take note of these changes and particularly of the new 14-day deadline for filing schedules, statements, and other documents under Rule 1007(c); for filing a chapter 13 plan under Rule 3015(b); and for filing appellate briefs under Rule 8009(a). To the extent local rules deadlines conflict with the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the federal rules control. Our new local rules, which should be in place shortly, do conform to the new federal rules.

Pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 2077, the Chief Judge appointed a Local Bankruptcy Court Rules and Procedures Review Committee to study the Court's local rules and to propose amendments to them. You can find a copy of the committee's proposed changes to the local rules at: http://www.wieb.uscourts.gov/docs/Local Rules - DRAFT 10-20-09.pdf

Pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 2071, the Court welcomes public comments regarding these proposed changes. Written comments should be posted on the Bankruptcy Insolvency and Creditor's Rights (BICR) listserv. This allows comments to be viewed by all practitioners as well as members of the local rules committee.

The public is invited to appear and comment at a hearing on the proposed changes to the local rules. Speakers may be subject to a time limitation.

Date, Time and Location of the Hearing:

          December 15, 2009 (Tuesday)
          4:00 PM
          United States Court House, Room 150
          517 E. Wisconsin Avenue
          Milwaukee, WI 53202

Local Rules (Draft) as of October 20, 2009

Local Rules (as of August 20, 2007) full copy 

       Table of Contents

        LR 1002 to 1017

        LR 2002 to 2070.1

        LR 3001 to 3017.1

        LR 4001 to 4001.1

        LR 5005 to 5005. 2

        LR 6004

        LR 7004 to 7005

        LR 9001 to 9036