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

NEW Chapter 13 Plan Overview Sessions

Monday, November 27, 2017 at 2:00 PM.  LIVE in Santa Rosa with Chief Judge Efremsky and Judge Montali.  Video casts in Oakland (Courtroom 201), San Francisco (Courtroom 17), and San Jose (Courtroom 3070).

Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 3:30 PM.  LIVE in Oakland (Courtroom 201) with Chief Judge Efremsky and Judge Novack. Video casts in Santa Rosa, San Jose (Courtroom 3070), and San Francisco (Courtroom 17).

Space is limited. Please email one of the addresses below to confirm your attendance. Include your name and the date you will be attending in the email.

San Francisco:       SF13Program@canb.uscourts.gov
San Jose:               SJ13Program@canb.uscourts.gov
Santa Rosa:           SR13Program@canb.uscourts.gov
Oakland:                OK13Program@canb.uscourts.gov

New Internal Procedures

for Processing Adversary Proceedings and Involuntary Cases and Related CM/ECF Event Modifications

The Court will implement new internal procedures for processing adversary proceedings and involuntary cases effective October 30, 2017.  Changes to CM/ECF events related to these procedures, as well as other event modifications, are posted at http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/ecf/new-in-ecf.  Highlighted in particular for your attention are that "Status Conference" will be referred to as "Scheduling Conference," and plaintiffs will be able to specify which among multiple defendants are to be voluntarily dismissed from an adversary proceeding.  Trustees:  Please note that several events related to the Final Report or Account, Interim Report, and the Order Discharging Trustee will be modified.

CM/ECF Unavailable on Friday, December 1, 2017, from 12AM to 2AM

In order to implement the necessary changes to comply with the December 1, 2017, Rule Changes and General Orders 34 and 35, CM/ECF will be unavailable on Friday, December 1, 2017, from 12 AM to 2 AM to install system modifications.

Additional Chapter 13 Plan Overview Sessions

December 8, 2017 at 10:00 AM, McKinleyville Courtroom
December 13, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Santa Rosa Courtroom
December 20, 2017 at 2:00 PM, San Francisco Courtroom 17 with a video cast to Courtroom 3070 in San Jose

Notifying the court of your attendance is not required.

Federal Holiday - Christmas Day

All divisions of the Bankruptcy Court will be closed on Monday, December 25th, in observance of Christmas Day.

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