U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filing

For a contested-matter or adversary filing over 50 pages including attachments, deliver two paper courtesy copies to the clerk within one business day after electronic filing.

“When any filer submits a Document (excluding Petitions) commencing or related to Contested Matters or commencing or filed in Adversary Proceedings that, together with all attachments, exhibits, or appendices, exceeds fifty pages, the filer must provide two paper courtesy copies of the Document to the Clerk's Office within one business day of the electronic filing.”

Filing

File the Chapter 13 plan on Local Form 3015-1 as a separate document and file a certificate of service stating its mailing date.

“Local Form 3015-1 shall be filed as a separate document. Filing a certificate of service attesting to the date of mailing for the plan is required.”

Filing

Submit electronic filings as searchable PDFs, except for the creditor matrix text upload.

“All electronic Documents, except the text upload of the creditor matrix, must be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF) that is searchable.”

Filing

A Subchapter V debtor’s plan is due 90 days after the case is filed.

“The deadline for filing the Subchapter V Plan is set upon the filing of the case at ninety (90) days from the filing date.”

Filing

File the Subchapter V pre-status conference report through its dedicated CM/ECF event, rather than the generic status-report event.

“The debtor’s pre-status conference report should only be filed using the ‘Pre-Status Conference Report’ event in the ‘Other’ category of Bankruptcy Events menu in the CM/ECF system. Do NOT use the more generic Status Report event.”

Filing

For a filing drafted with generative AI, attach an attestation identifying the program and generated text, verifying accuracy, and certifying that no confidential information was disclosed to an unauthorized party.

“must be accompanied by an attestation: (1) identifying the program used and the specific portions of text for which a generative artificial intelligence program was utilized; (2) certifying the document was checked for accuracy using print reporters, traditional legal databases, or other reliable means; and (3) certifying the use of such program has not resulted in the disclosure of any confidential information to any unauthorized party.”

Motions

File a written Chapter 13 confirmation objection at least seven days before the creditors’ meeting or within 21 days of plan filing, whichever is later.

“The deadline for the filing of written objections to confirmation is seven (7) days prior to the date set for the Meeting of Creditors, or no later than twenty-one (21) days from the date of filing of the plan, whichever is later.”

Motions

File a Chapter 12 motion to value a secured claim within 20 days after the creditors’ meeting concludes.

“Motions to value secured claims pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 506 must be filed not later than twenty (20) days following the conclusion of the meeting of creditors conducted pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 341(a).”

Other

Chapter 7 debtor’s counsel may not advance the client’s bankruptcy filing fee.

“The Court prohibits debtor’s counsel from advancing the filing fee on behalf of clients for two reasons.”