Announcement Archive


Effective January 1, 2023, the Northern District of California
adopted a new Chapter 13 Plan


Oakland's Revised Rights and Responsibilities of Chapter 13 Debtors and their Attorneys

Link: Effective for Cases Filed on or after August 1, 2013

CM/ECF will be unavailable on Monday, November 30, 2015

6:00 pm to midnight

CM/ECF will be unavailable on Monday, November 30, 2015 from 6:00 pm to midnight for the installation of system upgrades necessary to accept filings of the revised Official Bankruptcy Forms beginning on December 1, 2015.

A Further Seminar in Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure

“Less than Snidely Whiplash, More than a Wuss; Representing Creditors in Chapter 11”

Link: A Further Seminar in Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure

Please take notice of Judge Hannah L. Blumenstiel’s Revised Practices and Procedures

The revised procedures set September 30, 2015 as a deadline for the bar to begin including the appropriate schedule for filing papers as set forth in B.L.R. 9014-1(c)(1) & (2) in all hearing notices, after which time her chambers will begin vacating hearings and ordering corrected notices.



Link: Judge Hannah L. Blumenstiel’s Revised Practices and Procedures

Conley S. Brown Memorial Golf Tournament and Barbeque

Friday, October 9, 2015

Link: Conley S. Brown Memorial Golf Tournament and Barbeque

Mortgage Modification Mediation Training Sessions

San Francisco and Oakland Divisions

Attachment: PDF icon Mortgage Modification Mediation Training Sessions

CM/ECF Unavailable September 12, 2015 and September 19, 2015

CM/ECF will be unavailable on Saturday, September 12 from midnight to 5am and Saturday, September 19 from midnight to 5am for a software upgrade.

Federal Holiday - Labor Day

All divisions of the Bankruptcy Court will be closed on Monday, September 7th, in observance of Labor Day.

Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy Training Session

August 4, 2015

Attachment: PDF icon Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy Training Session

Judge Arthur S. Weissbrodt to Retire

Attachment: PDF icon ASWRetirePublicNotice.pdf

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