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Bankruptcy court

Middle District of Louisiana

The Middle District of Louisiana is the federal bankruptcy court for 9 parishes in Louisiana.

Divisions and parishes served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s parish. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Middle District of Louisiana — district-wide

9 parishes

28 U.S.C. § 98(b) (Middle District of Louisiana — undivided; comprises the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana)

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How the Middle District of Louisiana runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

Chapter 13 plan form
This district requires its own local plan form

Bankr. M.D. La. official form — Chapter 13 Plan.pdf

Chapter 13 attorney fee this court approves without a fee application
$4,800

This is the amount the court will approve without an itemised fee application, not a rate any particular firm charges.

Bankr. M.D. La. Standing Order 2023-3

What the Middle District of Louisiana publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 70 this court publishes.

Standing orders

General orders the court has entered that apply across cases rather than to one case.

Showing 12 of 13 this court publishes.

Fee schedules

What this court charges, as the court publishes it.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

www.lamb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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