Planning ahead with the Eastern District Bankruptcy Court

Katherine Gullo, the clerk of the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan wants you to know that the court’s Electronic Case Files (ECF) system will be out of commission on Thursday, Sept. 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Update: ECF system will be unavailable on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m..

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts will be making changes to PACER-net at that time.

E.D. Bankruptcy Court ECF upgrade

Planning on putting in some extra time this weekend to catch up on bankruptcy matters? If you practice bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Michigan, consider watching Saturday afternoon college football or a trip to a cider mill instead.

The court’s Electronic Case Filing System will be inaccessible on Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.. During this time the court’s IT Department will perform necessary system upgrades.

Eastern District Bankruptcy Court: Hear it soon

In April 2011, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan will begin to make digital audio files of court proceedings available to the public over the internet through the PACER system.

Counsel of record who receive a notice of electronic filing will have one free review, just as they do with other electronically filed documents.

The PACER fee to access the digital audio is $2.40 per session.

The implementation schedule, which is subject to change if unforeseen technical issues arise, is as follows:

• beginning April 11, 2011: audio files from all matters held before Judge Thomas Tucker will be uploaded to court dockets in CM/ECF, within 24 hours of the proceeding.
• beginning April 18, 2011: audio files from all matters held before Chief Judge Phillip Shefferly and Judge Steven Rhodes will be uploaded to court dockets in CM/ECF, within 24 hours of the proceeding.
• beginning April 25, 2011: audio files from all matters held before Judge Marci McIvor and Judge Walter Shapero will be uploaded to court dockets in CM/ECF, within 24 hours of the proceeding.
• beginning May 2, 2011: audio files from all matters held before Judge Daniel Opperman will be uploaded to court dockets in CM/ECF, within 24 hours of the proceeding.

The court’s order includes instructions for downloading the MP3-format audio files.

Source: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Just in case you’re burning the midnight bankruptcy oil …

… and you want to use the Eastern District Bankruptcy Court’s Electronic Case Filing System (ECF) between 10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, through 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, don’t bother.

The system will be shut down to perform upgrades relating to bankruptcy rule and form changes, which take effect Dec. 1.

Enjoy the night off.