U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota
2 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- Order Re: Access and Management of Sealed Documents ↗
- Order Adopting Form: Individual Chapter 11 Debtor Motion for Discharge ↗
Filing
Individual Chapter 11 and Subchapter V debtors eligible for discharge must use the court’s local discharge-motion form.
“all individual debtors in Chapter 11 and Subchapter V cases eligible for discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 1192 or 11 U.S.C. § 1141(d)(5)(A) must use Local Form ‘Individual Chapter 11 Debtor Motion for Discharge’ to request discharge.”
Sealing
Sealed documents remain filed in the electronic case system, but parties can no longer view them electronically.
“Parties in the case will receive a Notice of Electronic Filing when a sealed document is filed; however, sealed documents will no longer be accessible or viewable electronically.”
Sealing
A filing party must serve sealed documents outside the electronic case system by an appropriate method under the bankruptcy rules.
“Filing parties must serve sealed documents by other appropriate means as provided by the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.”
Sealing
Sealed court-issued documents are served by the clerk only by mail.
“The Clerk’s Office must serve sealed court-issued documents only by mail.”