(a) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(a), the Court hereby continues its reference to
the Bankruptcy Judges for this District all cases under Title 11 and all proceedings arising
under Title 11 or arising in or related to a case under Title 11.
(b) If a Bankruptcy Judge or District Judge determines that entry of a final
order or judgment by a Bankruptcy Judge would not be consistent with Article III of the
United States Constitution in a particular proceeding referred under this local rule and
determined to be a core matter, the Bankruptcy Judge shall, unless otherwise ordered by
the District Court, hear the proceeding and submit proposed findings of fact and
conclusions of law to the District Court made in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(a)(1)
in the form of findings and conclusions stated on the record or in an opinion or
memorandum of decision.
(c) The District Court may treat any order of a Bankruptcy Judge as proposed
findings of fact and conclusions of law in the event the District Court concludes that the
Bankruptcy Judge could not have entered a final order or judgment consistent with
Article III of the United States Constitution.
