Announcement Archive


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


Federal Holiday - Presidents' Day

All divisions of the Bankruptcy Court will be closed on Monday, February 19th, in observance of Presidents' Day.

UPDATED Guidelines for Valuing Collateral

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California has adopted new Guidelines for Valuing Collateral, available at http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/procedures/guidelines. This updated guideline replaces Guidelines for Valuing Collateral Under § 506 and FRBP 3012 in Individual Chapter 11 Cases and Chapter 13 Cases, dated August 9, 2017.

Order Temporarily Appointing Hon. Charles Novack as Chief Judge

Effective February 25, 2018, and continuing through March 10, 2018

The Honorable Charles Novack shall be the acting Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, in place of the Honorable Roger L. Efremsky.



Attachment: PDF icon Order Temporarily Assigning Chief Judge Responsibilities.pdf

Upcoming CM/ECF Live Storage Upgrade

The Information Technology Department will perform a storage upgrade to CM/ECF next Saturday, March 17, 2018, between 7:00 AM to approximately 12:00 PM. During this time, CM/ECF will be unavailable and all users should log off of CM/ECF before 7:00 AM and should not log back in until after 12:00 PM.

New Internal Procedures for Processing Chapter 11 Cases

The Court will implement new internal procedures for processing Chapter 11 cases effective February 20, 2018.  The new form of Order and Notice of Chapter 11 Status Conference that will be issued at the commencement of Chapter 11 cases is posted at http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/procedure/district/order-and-notice-chapter....

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