IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: LOCAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE
ORDER
AND NOW, this .Lt'.'4-Y of February, 2020, it appearing that this Court is vested with
authority, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§2071(e), 2077, and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9029 ;
AND, in accordance with the resolution of the Judges of the Court on February 10, 2020,
the cou rt has determined that t here is a need to amend the local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
effective February 19, 2020;
AND, as the amendments to Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure are immediately
needed to implement the procedural and substantive changes to the Bankruptcy Code made by
the Sma ll Business Reorganization Act of 2019;
AND, as the amendments are based on interim bankruptcy rules (the Interim Rules)
prepared by the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules and approved by the Judicial
Conference of the United States to be adopted as local rules to implement the procedural and
substantive changes to the Bankruptcy Code made by the Small Business Reorganization Act of
2019. The Interim Rules will be withdrawn after similar amendments can be made to the Rules
of Bankruptcy Procedure under the normal Rules Enabling Act process, it is hereby
ORDERED that amendments to the Local Bankruptcy Rules, as set forth on the
attachments to this Order, are approved and adopted by the court, effective February 19, 2020,
with a period to follow of forty-five (45) days afforded for purposes of Notice to the Bar and
Public and Solicitation of Comment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071(e).
It is FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court transmit a copy of the amendments to the
Local Bankruptcy Rules, as approved and adopted by the Court, to the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Judicial Council of the Third 'Circuit
Court of Appeals and make said Rules and Forms available to the bar and publi c.
an R. Sanchez, Chief Judge
