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Western District of Wisconsin

The Western District of Wisconsin is the federal bankruptcy court in Wisconsin.

Divisions

The Western District of Wisconsin holds court in 2 divisions but does not divide its counties between them by rule — the court publishes no county-to-division assignment.

  • Eau Claire Division
  • Madison Division

How the Western District of Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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.

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

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

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