Our Mission:

To promote social and economic order by reconciling the opportunity of debtors to a fresh start with the right of creditors to be paid.

The Court will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 26, 2009 and Friday, November 27, 2009.




To assist with a current PACER program assessment, users of PACER may participate in a short survey regarding their satisfaction with current services and any suggestions for potential enhancements. This survey will remain available to users for approximately 30 days. Please click on the following link to take this survey, and we thank you in advance for helping to improve public access to federal court documents and information:

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If you have any questions about this assessment, please contact the PACER Service Center at pacer@psc.uscourts.gov.

Important Notice Regarding Time Period Changes Effective December 1, 2009, Including 14-Day Deadlines for Filing Schedules, Statements, Chapter 13 Plans, and Bankruptcy Appellate Briefs

Among the time-computation amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that will take effect on December 1, 2009, are changes to 12 rules that will result in a reduction by one day (from 15 to 14 days) of the time to take action. The affected rules are Bankruptcy Rules 1007, 1019, 1020, 2015, 2015.1, 2016, 3015, 4001, 4002, 6004, 6007, and 8009. Please take note of these changes and particularly of the new 14-day deadline for filing schedules, statements, and other documents under Rule 1007(c); for filing a chapter 13 plan under Rule 3015(b); and for filing appellate briefs under Rule 8009(a).

Interim Rule 1007-I included time deadlines contained in Rule 1007, which will be revised effective December 1, 2009, unless Congress acts to the contrary, as part of a comprehensive package of changes to time periods in all the federal rules of practice and procedure. Courts that adopted Interim Rule 1007-I are being urged to consider revising the interim rule, making it consistent with the changed time deadlines in Rule 1007. New Administrative Order 09-02 was signed by Chief Judge Keir for this purpose.

The procedures for requesting a transcript were recently revised. Please click here for additional details.

The U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland is proposing changes to the local rules. Comments may be submitted by November 17, 2009. For a summary of the changes and redline version of the effected rules, click here.

A listing of new bankruptcy cases that have been filed but not yet entered into CM/ECF is now available. The list may be accessed from either the Case Information section or the CM/ECF login page. Parties should continue to use PACER or VCIS (Voice Case Information System) to determine if a bankruptcy case has been filed with the Court. Parties also may telephone the Clerk's office to confirm a bankruptcy case has been filed with the Court.

Courtroom Technologies - The Clerk's office of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland is pleased to announce that Courtroom 2A in Baltimore and Courtroom 3E in Greenbelt have the necessary equipment to electronically present evidence. Please click here for more information.

For information on Thornburg Mortgage, Inc. (09-17787) and its related cases, click here.

Are you a debtor without an attorney? Are you interested in a free half-hour consultation with a bankruptcy attorney? If so, the Debtor Assistance Project (DAP) is for you! For more information, please see the DAP Information.

Calling all attorneys! The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has been collaborating with the Bankruptcy Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the U.S. Trustee’s Office, the Chapter 13 Trustees, and the Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Service to develop new programs that will assist low income debtors in filing for bankruptcy. To find out more, please visit the new volunteer section of our website, under Court Information, or click here.


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