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News & Announcements: December, 2020

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.

Thu, 12/31/2020

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that effective January 1, 2021, all cases/adversary proceedings in Lansing (with limited exception) will be assigned to either Judge Boyd or Judge Gregg. 

 

Judge Boyd’s hearing procedures are available at:

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Wed, 12/30/2020

Information regarding the Debtors Bar of West Michigan Annual Conference can be found here.

Mon, 12/28/2020

Judge Dales will conduct his January 5, 2021 Marquette motion day telephonically.  Instructions for participation have been posted to the COVID-19 Notices section of the Court's website:  http://www.miwb.uscourts.gov/...

Mon, 12/21/2020

Please see this Public Notice regarding the reappointment of The Honorable Scott W. Dales.

Thu, 12/17/2020

Judge Dales will conduct his December 22, 2020 Kalamazoo motion day telephonically.  Instructions for participation have been posted to the COVID-19 Notices section of the Court's website:  https://www.miwb.uscourts.gov/covid-19-notices.  

Tue, 12/15/2020

The Court has issued an updated memorandum regarding fee guidelines.  The new fee guidelines become effective on January 1, 2021, and have been incorporated into the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure as Exhibit 5.  You can also read the updated...

Mon, 12/07/2020

Please see this Notice regarding the rotation of the judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan effective January 1,...

Fri, 12/04/2020

Until further notice, the Honorable James W. Boyd will conduct all Grand Rapids, Traverse City, and Lansing motion days and pretrial conferences by videoconferencing using the Zoom Cloud Meeting program/app.  If you would like to appear, please...

Fri, 12/04/2020

Judge Dales will conduct his December 16, 2020 Grand Rapids motion day telephonically.  Instructions for participation have been posted to the COVID-19 Notices section of the Court's website:  https://www.miwb.uscourts...

Tue, 12/01/2020

Please take notice that amendments to Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 2002, 2004, 8012, 8013, 8015, and 8021 take effect today, December 1, 2020.  The amended rules can be found at...