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Bankruptcy court

Western District of Louisiana

The Western District of Louisiana is the federal bankruptcy court for 42 parishes in Louisiana, divided into 5 divisions.

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.

Alexandria Division

9 parishes

LBR 5001-1 (Divisions of the Court and Intra-District Case Assignment): "Alexandria Division – Petitions from the Parishes of Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Vernon and Winn shall be assigned to the Alexandria Division."

Lafayette Division

8 parishes

LBR 5001-1 (Divisions of the Court and Intra-District Case Assignment): "Lafayette Division – Petitions from the Parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermillion shall be assigned to the Lafayette Division."

Lake Charles Division

5 parishes

LBR 5001-1 (Divisions of the Court and Intra-District Case Assignment): "Lake Charles Division – Petitions from the Parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis shall be assigned to the Lake Charles Division."

Monroe Division

12 parishes

LBR 5001-1 (Divisions of the Court and Intra-District Case Assignment): "Monroe Division – Petitions from the Parishes of Caldwell, East Carroll, West Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, and Union shall be assigned to the Monroe Division."

Shreveport Division

8 parishes

LBR 5001-1 (Divisions of the Court and Intra-District Case Assignment): "Shreveport Division – Petitions from the Parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Red River, Sabine, and Webster shall be assigned to the Shreveport Division."

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How the Western 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. W.D. La. official form — PDF Version - Chapter 13 Mandatory Form Plan (Fillable Format)

Ongoing mortgage payments in Chapter 13
Paid through the trustee (conduit)

W.D. La. LBR Appendix D

What the Western 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 83 this court publishes.

Standing orders

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

Showing 12 of 17 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.lawb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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