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U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Eastern District of New York (Judges Trust & Milton), Updated Practices for Judges Koeltl/Holwell and a PACER Update 

April 24, 2008

Subject: U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Eastern District of New York (Judges Trust & Milton), Updated Practices for Judges Koeltl/Holwell and a PACER Update.

Chief Judge Carla E. Craig has reported that Alan S. Trust was sworn in as a bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of New York on April 2, 2008. The swearing in took place in Dallas, and the oath was administered by Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the Fifth Circuit. Judge Trust has begun sitting in Central Islip. Please see below for his interim procedures and information on scheduling hearings along with his guidelines for submitting proposed orders by e-mail.

Interim Procedures: <<details>>

Guidelines for order submissions: <<details>>

Effective April 15, 2008, a proposed order in a case assigned to Judge Milton may be submitted by e-mail.  For a transition period until further notice, a proposed order may also be submitted on a diskette and chambers copy.  This process applies to orders in ECF cases only. Please note that e-mail submission of proposed orders is strongly preferred. If you would like to review Judge Milton's procedure please click here: <<details>>.

Updated Individual Rules for Judge John G. Koeltl

Judge Koeltl has recently updated his individual rules. If you have any cases before him, please download a copy and forward them to the attorneys working on the cases. <<details>>

Updated Individual Rules for Judge Richard J. Holwell

Judge Holwell has recently updated his individual rules. If you have any cases before him, please download a copy and forward them to the attorneys working on the cases. <<details>>

PACER Update

During the fall of last year we reported on the Administrative Office decision to make transcripts of federal and bankruptcy court proceedings available on PACER. According to PACER we should begin to see transcripts on PACER before the end of May of this year.

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For new subscribers to this service, your first case watch is free until the end of May, 2008 – even if we are looking for new dockets every hour. <<details>>

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