U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

Filing

Email proposed orders as PDFs after creating them in Word with Times New Roman or Arial font.

“STEP 1: Create the order in Microsoft Word. Note: The required font is Times New Roman or Arial.”

Filing

Include the case name and number in the email sending a proposed order.

“STEP 3: Type a brief message, including your case name and number, and attach the desired order.”

Filing

File a motion to withdraw if an attorney seeks to leave a bankruptcy proceeding.

“If an attorney representing a party in any bankruptcy proceeding wishes to withdraw, that attorney must file a motion to withdraw.”

Filing

Use only the last four digits of a Social Security number when it must appear in a pleading.

“If an individual’s Social Security Number must be included in a pleading, only the last four (4) digits of that number should be used.”

Filing

If a filing needs redaction, identify the document by docket or claim number in a motion to redact.

“The filer of the document containing personal data identifiers shall file a motion to redact that identifies the proposed document for redaction by docket number or if applicable, by claim number.”

Filing

File the redacted version within ten days after the court grants the motion to redact.

“A redacted version of the restricted document(s) shall be filed as soon as practicable, but no later than ten (10) days from the entry of an order by the Court granting the motion to redact.”

Motions

Attach a separate concise statement of undisputed material facts to a summary judgment motion.

“shall annex to the motion a separate and concise statement of the material facts as to which it contends there is no genuine dispute to be tried.”

Motions

A party opposing summary judgment must file a separate concise statement identifying disputed material facts.

“it shall file, in addition to any response and brief, a separate and concise statement of the material facts as to which it contends a genuine dispute exists to be tried.”

Motions

The nonmoving party has 28 days to respond to summary judgment, and the movant has 14 days to reply.

“The non-moving party has twenty-eight (28) days to respond to a motion for summary judgment. The moving party has fourteen (14) days to reply”

Conferences

The court may hold a reaffirmation agreement hearing by telephone and permit debtor testimony there.

“Any reaffirmation agreement set for hearing by the court may, in the court’s discretion, be held telephonically.”

Sealing

Submit an authorized highly sensitive document to the clerk as a single paper copy.

“A party filing an HSD pursuant to a court order or applicable law shall submit to the clerk’s office the HSD and, if applicable, a copy of the court order authorizing the treatment of that document as highly sensitive, in the form of a single paper copy.”

Sealing

For a represented party seeking highly sensitive treatment, move electronically but keep the proposed document out of CM/ECF.

“a motion seeking such designation to treat a document as an HSD, except that a copy of the proposed HSD shall not be filed electronically.”