) EXECUTORY CONTRACT ) ) Hearing Date:__________ Debtor(s), ) Hearing Time:__________ ) Estimated Time:_________ (f) 11 U.S.C. § 362 pleadings/cover sheet. With every filing in this court of a motion for relief from the automatic stay pursuant 11 U.S.C. § 362, the motion shall be accompanied by a properly completed § 362 information cover sheet, on colored paper attached as Exhibit A to the motion. Failure to comply with any of these provisions may result in sanctions, denial of motion or other adverse ruling. (g) Facsimile or electronically produced signature. Unless otherwise ordered in a case, the clerk may accept for filing papers (other than original petitions) bearing a facsimile or electronically produced signature, as if such signature was an original signature. LR 9006. TIME PERIODS. (a) In appropriate circumstances and for good cause shown, the court may shorten the time for a notice of intended action, or for serving a motion and holding the hearing thereon. (b) Unless otherwise permitted by the court, every motion for an order shortening time shall be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the reason why an expedited hearing is required, a copy of the motion for which an expedited hearing is sought, and an “Attorney Information Sheet For Proposed Order Shortening Time,” or similar statement indicating the following: (1) Whether opposing counsel and other interested parties and persons were provided notice; (2) Whether opposing counsel or other persons consent to a hearing on shortened time; (3) The date counsel or other persons were provided notice; and (4) How notice was provided; or, if counsel or other persons were not provided notice, how the moving party attempted to provide notice. LR 9009. FORMS. In addition to the Official Forms prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the court may from time to time establish forms as needed in the interests of facilitating the administrative process. LR 9010. ATTORNEYS - NOTICE OF APPEARANCE. Any corporation, partnership or other business entity, except when acting as a bankruptcy trustee for a corporation or partnership, shall be represented only by an attorney. LR 9011. PRO SE PARTIES. (a) Petition Preparers. (1) Fines for improper conduct of petition preparers. When a non-lawyer petition preparer is alleged to be in violation of 11 U.S.C. § 110(b) through (g), the Bankruptcy Court shall find the facts and impose the fines set forth in those provisions. (2) Disallowance of Excess Fees, Turnover Orders and Fines for Violating Such Orders. Where a non-lawyer petition preparer is alleged to be in violation of 11 U.S.C. § 110(h), the Bankruptcy Court shall find the facts and order the disallowance of fees and turnover of such excess fees to the bankruptcy trustee. (b) Injunctions against Petition Preparers under 11 U.S.C. § 110(j). (1) Commencement of action. An action seeking an injunction under 11 U.S.C. § 110(j) shall be commenced in the Bankruptcy Court. (2) Issuance of injunction. The Bankruptcy Court shall find the facts and order an injunction. (3) Attorney’s fees and costs. The Bankruptcy Court shall award a successful plaintiff’s fees and costs in bringing an action pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 110(j)(3). (c) Certification of Facts to the District court under 11 U.S.C. § 110(i). (1) Commencement of Certification of Facts Proceeding. A certification of facts proceeding under 11 U.S.C. § 110(i) is commenced in the Bankruptcy Court on a motion by the debtor, the trustee, a creditor or on the Bankruptcy Court’s own motion. The Bankruptcy Court is required to: (A) Give notice to the accused preparer; and (B) Conduct a hearing prior to certifying facts to the District Court. (2) Certification to the District Court. In certifying facts under 11 U.S.C. § 110(i)(1) to the District Court, the Bankruptcy Court shall: (A) Include such findings of fact as were made during the bankruptcy proceeding; (B) Include the transcript and the record in the bankruptcy proceeding upon which the facts were found; (C) Include the Bankruptcy Court’s finding as to the debtor’s actual damages under 11 U.S.C. § 110(i)(1)(A); (D) Include the Bankruptcy Court’s finding as to whether the $2,000.00 penalty or twice the amount paid by the debtor to the preparer is the greater sum for inclusion in the penalty under 11 U.S.C. § 110(i)(1)(B); (E) Include the Bankruptcy Court’s finding as to the amount of the movant’s reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred in connection with the certification proceedings; and (F) Advise the prevailing party in the bankruptcy proceeding that it should, following the issuance of the Bankruptcy Court’s decision, file an appropriate motion in the District Court moving the imposition of further sanctions pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 110(i). (3) District Court Procedure. When the certification of facts is before the District Court: (A) No in-person hearing is required unless the court so directs; (B) At the hearing, no new evidence shall be received, and the hearing shall be on the record only; (C) Briefing shall only be allowed by those parties affected; (D) The Bankruptcy Court’s findings of fact shall be reviewed under the abuse of discretion standard; and (E) The Bankruptcy Court’s conclusions of law shall be reviewed de novo. (d) Petition preparer guidelines. The United States trustee may issue guidelines in connection with the provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 110. The guidelines will set forth positions which will generally be followed by the United States trustee in relation to petition preparers. The United States trustee may from time to time revise the guidelines. When revised, the guidelines shall be reissued in full with a notation of the effective date of the revision. Copies of such guidelines shall be available from the United States trustee upon request. LR 9013. MOTION PRACTICE. See LR 9014. LR 9014. MOTION/CONTESTED MATTERS; BRIEFS AND MEMORANDA OF LAW. (a) Applicability. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, with the exception of motions made pursuant to Fed. R. Bank. P. 7056, LR 7056, Fed. R. Bank. P. 2004 and LR 2004, a hearing date must be obtained for all motions. Whenever “notice and a hearing” is required the party intending action or requesting relief shall proceed as follows: (1) By motion, if a court order must be obtained. In the absence of objection, or as is appropriate in the particular circumstances, the relief requested may be granted without a hearing; or

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