The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit seeks applications from highly qualified candidates for a fourteen-year appointment as U. S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of South Dakota. The position will have its duty station in...
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Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
There are several rules and forms changes as a result of amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure effective December 1, 2017. A copy of the revised Uniform Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Northern and Southern Districts of...
The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. If approved, the proposed amendments would become effective December 1, 2018. The comment period closes on...
The judges of the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi have amended the Standing Order Designating Presumptive Interest (“Till”) Rate. The Till rate for cases filed on or after December 1, 2017 will be 6%. The Amended...
The U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Mississippi has updated its Administrative Procedures for Electronic Case Files system (ECF).
The revisions to the Administrative Procedures for ECF include several changes that have...
The U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Mississippi now offers debtors the opportunity to request receipt of court notices and orders by email instead of U.S. mail. This is a free service. A debtor may enroll at any time, and...
You are hereby notified that the deadline to submit proposed pretrial orders in adversary proceedings assigned to Judge Woodard will change effective immediately.
The current procedure requires the proposed pretrial order to be submitted...
Be advised that the deadline to submit dispositive orders for cases assigned to Judge Woodard will change effective June 5, 2017.
Under the current procedure, following resolution of a matter pending before the Court, a deadline is set for...
In response to the pending amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that will become effective on December 1, 2017, the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi propose to adopt a new...
A Lawyer Advisory Committee (“LAC”) was appointed by Judge Woodard to provide input regarding matters of bankruptcy administration in the Aberdeen and Oxford divisions as well as the counties of Coahoma, Grenada, Montgomery and Attala.
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