The court was informed yesterday afternoon that the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) resumed normal operations. As the BNC works through its backlog of notices, it is possible parties may receive a duplicate notice of a document already served...
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Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Mon, 10/19/2026
The recent amendments to this Court's Local Bankruptcy Rules became effective on October 11, 2026. The newest Local Rules are available on the Court's website: Local Rules...
Sun, 10/18/2026
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan has issued Administrative Order 2026-7 addressing the service of Chapter 13 Plans by...
Thu, 10/15/2026
Please see this letter from Chief Judge Scott W. Dales to the bar regarding the Court's response to the BNC service disruption.
Wed, 10/14/2026
As described in an October 13, 2026 email, the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) is experiencing a national disruption. During this disruption, the Court will continue to accept filings, open cases, and process documents according to standard...
Tue, 10/13/2026
The Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) is currently experiencing an outage. As a result, the delivery of electronic and paper notices was interrupted, and the BNC is unable to provide noticing services to the courts at this time.
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Thu, 10/08/2026
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan will be closed for business and inaccessible on Thursday, November 26, Friday, November 27, Thursday, December 24, and Friday, December 25, 2026, and Friday, January 1, 2027...
Tue, 10/06/2026
Join us for a review of the new amendments to the Local Rules which become effective next week.
We will meet via Teams at 11:30 am on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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Thu, 09/24/2026
Please be advised that there is currently a CM/ECF service interruption. Users may not be able to access CM/ECF. This problem is widespread and is being addressed. We will send out a follow-up notice when service is fully restored. During the...
Thu, 09/24/2026
CM/ECF service has been restored. Although the system is back on line, users may notice some residual slowness.