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Bankruptcy court

Eastern District of Washington

The Eastern District of Washington is the federal bankruptcy court for 20 counties in Washington, divided into 2 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.

Spokane Division

12 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wash. — Case Assignment Rules (pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 154(a), effective November 1, 2019): "cases regarding debtors with their residence, principal place of business, or principal assets in the following counties will be assigned to the bankruptcy judge with a duty station in Spokane (the 'Spokane Judge'): Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, and Whitman."

Yakima Division

8 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wash. — Case Assignment Rules (pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 154(a), effective November 1, 2019): "cases regarding debtors with their residence, principal place of business, or principal assets in the following counties will be assigned to the bankruptcy judge with a duty station in Yakima (the 'Yakima Judge'): Adams, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, and Yakima."

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How the Eastern District of Washington 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

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What the Eastern District of Washington 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 77 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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