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Bankruptcy court

Western District of New York

The Western District of New York is the federal bankruptcy court for 17 counties in New York, divided into 4 divisions.

Divisions and counties served

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

Buffalo Division

8 counties

W.D.N.Y. LBR 1073-1.A ("Assignment of Bankruptcy Cases to Bankruptcy Judges") assigns cases arising in Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, and Wyoming Counties to a Bankruptcy Judge stationed at Buffalo.

Rochester Division

9 counties

W.D.N.Y. LBR 1073-1.A ("Assignment of Bankruptcy Cases to Bankruptcy Judges") assigns cases arising in Monroe, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, and Yates Counties to a Bankruptcy Judge stationed at Rochester.

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How the Western District of New York 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
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What the Western District of New York 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 59 this court publishes.

Standing orders

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

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

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