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 on Wednesday, February 10 and Thursday, February 11, 2010. All hearings will be rescheduled by the Court.

Please be advised that the Debtor Assistance Project (DAP) has expanded its hours in Baltimore! The clinic will now run 4 days a week and be open to both pre-scheduled and walk-in appointments. Walk in appointments will be accepted on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00am to 11:30am and Wednesdays from 12:30pm to 3:30pm. To learn more about the DAP, please click here


The Court has adopted a new local rule on notice to equity security holders. Please review Administrative Order 09-04


Effective December 1, 2009, the local rules for MD Bankruptcy will be updated. Please click here to see the new rules. See pages iii-vii for a list of changes from the prior version of the rules.

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.

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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