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• Rule 1001: Scope; Title; Citations; References to a Specific Form
• Rule 1002: Commencing a Bankruptcy Case
• Rule 1003: Involuntary Petition: Transferred Claims; Joining Other Creditors; Additional Time to Join
• Rule 1004: Involuntary Petition Against a Partnership
• Rule 1004.1: Voluntary Petition on Behalf of an Infant or Incompetent Person
• Rule 1004.2: Petition in a Chapter 15 Case
• Rule 1005: Caption of a Petition; Title of the Case
• Rule 1006: Filing Fee
• Rule 1007: Lists, Schedules, Statements, and Other Documents; Time to File
• Rule 1008: Requirement to Verify Petitions and Accompanying Documents
• Rule 1009: Amending a Voluntary Petition, List, Schedule, or Statement
• Rule 1010: Serving an Involuntary Petition and Summons
• Rule 1011: Responsive Pleading in an Involuntary Case; Effect of a Motion
• Rule 1012: Contesting a Petition in a Chapter 15 Case
• Rule 1013: Contested Petition in an Involuntary Case; Default
• Rule 1014: Transferring a Case to Another District; Dismissing a Case Improperly Filed
• Rule 1015: Consolidating or Jointly Administering Cases Pending in the Same District
• Rule 1016: Death or Incompetency of a Debtor
• Rule 1017: Dismissing a Case; Suspending Proceedings; Converting a Case to Another Chapter
• Rule 1018: Contesting a Petition in an Involuntary or Chapter 15 Case; Vacating an Order for Relief; Applying Part VII Rules
• Rule 1019: Converting or Reconverting a Chapter 11, 12, or 13 Case to Chapter 7
• Rule 1020: Designating a Chapter 11 Debtor as a Small Business Debtor
• Rule 1021: Designating a Chapter 7, 9, or 11 Case as a Health Care Business Case
• Rule 2001: Appointing an Interim Trustee Before the Order for Relief in an Involuntary Chapter 7 Case
• Rule 2002: Notices
• Rule 2003: Meeting of Creditors or Equity Security Holders
• Rule 2004: Examinations
• Rule 2005: Apprehending and Removing a Debtor for Examination
• Rule 2006: Soliciting and Voting Proxies in a Chapter 7 Case
• Rule 2007: Reviewing the Appointment of a Creditors' Committee Organized Before a Chapter 9 or 11 Case Is Commenced
• Rule 2007.1: Appointing a Trustee or Examiner in a Chapter 11 Case
• Rule 2007.2: Appointing a Patient-Care Ombudsman in a Health Care Business Case
• Rule 2008: Notice to the Person Selected as Trustee
• Rule 2009: Trustees for Jointly Administered Estates
• Rule 2010: Blanket Bond; Proceedings on the Bond
• Rule 2011: Evidence That a Debtor Is a Debtor in Possession or That a Trustee Has Qualified
• Rule 2012: Substituting a Trustee in a Chapter 11 or 12 Case; Successor Trustee in a Pending Proceeding
• Rule 2013: Keeping a Public Record of Compensation Awarded by the Court to Examiners, Trustees, and Professionals
• Rule 2014: Employing Professionals
• Rule 2015: Duty to Keep Records, Make Reports, and Give Notices
• Rule 2015.1: Patient-Care Ombudsman
• Rule 2015.2: Transferring a Patient in a Health Care Business Case
• Rule 2015.3: Reporting Financial Information About Entities in Which a Chapter 11 Estate Holds a Substantial or Controlling Interest
• Rule 2016: Compensation for Services Rendered; Reimbursing Expenses
• Rule 2017: Examining Transactions Between a Debtor and the Debtor's Attorney
• Rule 2018: Intervention by an Interested Entity; Right to Be Heard
• Rule 2019: Disclosures by Groups, Committees, and Other Entities in a Chapter 9 or 11 Case
• Rule 2020: Reviewing an Act by a United States Trustee
• Rule 3001: Proof of Claim
• Rule 3002: Filing a Proof of Claim or Interest
• Rule 3002.1: Notice Relating to Claims Secured by a Security Interest in the Debtor's Principal Residence in a Chapter 13 Case
• Rule 3003: Chapter 9 or 11—Filing a Proof of Claim or Equity Interest
• Rule 3004: Proof of Claim Filed by the Debtor or Trustee for a Creditor
• Rule 3005: Filing a Proof of Claim or Accepting or Rejecting a Plan by a Surety, Endorser, Guarantor, or Other Codebtor
• Rule 3006: Withdrawing a Proof of Claim; Effect on a Plan
• Rule 3007: Objecting to a Claim
• Rule 3008: Reconsidering an Order Allowing or Disallowing a Claim
• Rule 3009: Chapter 7—Paying Dividends
• Rule 3010: Chapter 7, Subchapter V of Chapter 11, Chapter 12, and Chapter 13— Limits on Small Dividends and Payments
• Rule 3011: Chapter 7, Subchapter V of Chapter 11, Chapter 12, and Chapter 13—Listing Unclaimed Funds
• Rule 3012: Determining the Amount of a Secured or Priority Claim
• Rule 3013: Determining Classes of Creditors and Equity Security Holders
• Rule 3014: Chapter 9 or 11—Secured Creditors' Election to Apply §1111(b)
• Rule 3015: Chapter 12 or 13—Time to File a Plan; Nonstandard Provisions; Objection to Confirmation; Effect of Confirmation; Modifying a Plan
• Rule 3015.1: 1 Requirements for a Local Form for a Chapter 13 Plan
• Rule 3016: Chapter 9 or 11—Plan and Disclosure Statement
• Rule 3017: Chapter 9 or 11—Hearing on a Disclosure Statement and Plan
• Rule 3017.1: Disclosure Statement in a Small Business Case or a Case Under Subchapter V of Chapter 11
• Rule 3017.2: Setting Dates in a Case Under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 in Which There Is No Disclosure Statement
• Rule 3018: Chapter 9 or 11—Accepting or Rejecting a Plan
• Rule 3019: Chapter 9 or 11—Modifying a Plan
• Rule 3020: In a Chapter 11 Case, Depositing Funds Before the Plan is Confirmed; Confirmation in a Chapter 9 or 11 Case
• Rule 3021: Distributing Funds Under a Plan
• Rule 3022: Chapter 11—Final Decree
• Rule 4001: Relief from the Automatic Stay; Prohibiting or Conditioning the Use, Sale, or Lease of Property; Using Cash Collateral; Obtaining Credit; Various Agreements
• Rule 4002: Debtor's Duties
• Rule 4003: Exemptions
• Rule 4004: Granting or Denying a Discharge
• Rule 4005: Burden of Proof in Objecting to a Discharge
• Rule 4006: Notice When No Discharge Is Granted
• Rule 4007: Determining Whether a Debt Is Dischargeable
• Rule 4008: Reaffirmation Agreement and Supporting Statement
• Rule 5001: Court Operations; Clerks' Offices
• Rule 5002: Restrictions on Approving Court Appointments
• Rule 5003: Records to Be Kept by the Clerk
• Rule 5004: Disqualifying a Bankruptcy Judge
• Rule 5005: Filing Papers and Sending Copies to the United States Trustee
• Rule 5006: Providing Certified Copies
• Rule 5007: Record of Proceedings; Transcripts
• Rule 5008: Chapter 7—Notice That a Presumption of Abuse Has Arisen Under §707(b)
• Rule 5009: Closing a Chapter 7, 12, 13, or 15 Case; Declaring Liens Satisfied
• Rule 5010: Reopening a Case
• Rule 5011: Motion to Withdraw a Case or Proceeding or to Abstain from Hearing a Proceeding; Staying a Proceeding
• Rule 5012: Chapter 15—Agreement to Coordinate Proceedings
• Rule 6001: Burden of Proving the Validity of a Postpetition Transfer
• Rule 6002: Custodian's Report to the United States Trustee
• Rule 6003: Prohibition on Granting Certain Applications and Motions Made Immediately After the Petition Is Filed
• Rule 6004: Use, Sale, or Lease of Property
• Rule 6005: Employing an Appraiser or Auctioneer
• Rule 6006: Assuming, Rejecting, or Assigning an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease
• Rule 6007: Abandoning or Disposing of Property
• Rule 6008: Redeeming Property from a Lien or a Sale to Enforce a Lien
• Rule 6009: Right of the Trustee or Debtor in Possession to Prosecute and Defend Proceedings
• Rule 6010: Avoiding an Indemnifying Lien or a Transfer to a Surety
• Rule 6011: Claiming Patient Records Scheduled for Destruction in a Health-Care-Business Case
• Rule 7001: Types of Adversary Proceedings
• Rule 7002: References to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Rule 7003: Commencing an Adversary Proceeding
• Rule 7004: Process; Issuing and Serving a Summons and Complaint
• Rule 7005: Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
• Rule 7007: Pleadings Allowed
• Rule 7007.1: Corporate Ownership Statement
• Rule 7008: General Rules of Pleading
• Rule 7009: Pleading Special Matters
• Rule 7010: Form of Pleadings in an Adversary Proceeding
• Rule 7012: Defenses; Effect of a Motion; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and Other Procedural Matters
• Rule 7013: Counterclaim and Crossclaim
• Rule 7014: Third-Party Practice
• Rule 7015: Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
• Rule 7016: Pretrial Procedures
• Rule 7017: Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers
• Rule 7018: Joinder of Claims
• Rule 7019: Required Joinder of Parties
• Rule 7020: Permissive Joinder of Parties
• Rule 7021: Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
• Rule 7022: Interpleader
• Rule 7023: Class Actions
• Rule 7023.1: Derivative Actions
• Rule 7023.2: Adversary Proceedings Relating to Unincorporated Associations
• Rule 7024: Intervention
• Rule 7025: Substitution of Parties
• Rule 7026: Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
• Rule 7027: Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony
• Rule 7028: Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
• Rule 7029: Stipulations About Discovery Procedure
• Rule 7030: Depositions by Oral Examination
• Rule 7031: Depositions by Written Questions
• Rule 7032: Using Depositions in Court Proceedings
• Rule 7033: Interrogatories to Parties
• Rule 7034: Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
• Rule 7035: Physical and Mental Examinations
• Rule 7036: Requests for Admission
• Rule 7037: Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
• Rule 7040: Scheduling Cases for Trial
• Rule 7041: Dismissing Adversary Proceedings
• Rule 7042: Consolidating Adversary Proceedings; Separate Trials
• Rule 7052: Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
• Rule 7054: Judgments; Costs
• Rule 7055: Default; Default Judgment
• Rule 7056: Summary Judgment
• Rule 7058: Entering Judgment
• Rule 7062: Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
• Rule 7064: Seizing a Person or Property
• Rule 7065: Injunctions
• Rule 7067: Deposit into Court
• Rule 7068: Offer of Judgment
• Rule 7069: Execution
• Rule 7070: Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act; Vesting Title
• Rule 7071: Enforcing Relief for or Against a Nonparty
• Rule 7087: Transferring an Adversary Proceeding
• Rule 8001: Scope; Definition of "BAP"; Sending Documents Electronically
• Rule 8002: Time to File a Notice of Appeal
• Rule 8003: Appeal as of Right—How Taken; Docketing the Appeal
• Rule 8004: Leave to Appeal from an Interlocutory Order or Decree Under 28 U.S.C. §158(a)(3)
• Rule 8005: Election to Have an Appeal Heard in the District Court Instead of the BAP
• Rule 8006: Certifying a Direct Appeal to a Court of Appeals
• Rule 8007: Stay Pending Appeal; Bond; Suspending Proceedings
• Rule 8008: Indicative Rulings
• Rule 8009: Record on Appeal; Sealed Documents
• Rule 8010: Transcribing the Proceedings; Filing the Transcript; Sending the Record
• Rule 8011: Filing and Service; Signature
• Rule 8012: Disclosure Statement
• Rule 8013: Motions; Interventions
• Rule 8014: Briefs
• Rule 8015: Form and Length of a Brief; Form of an Appendix or Other Paper
• Rule 8016: Cross-Appeals
• Rule 8017: Brief of an Amicus Curiae
• Rule 8018: Serving and Filing Briefs and Appendices
• Rule 8018.1: Reviewing a Judgment That the Bankruptcy Court Lacked Authority to Enter
• Rule 8019: Oral Argument
• Rule 8020: Frivolous Appeal; Other Misconduct
• Rule 8021: Costs
• Rule 8022: Motion for Rehearing
• Rule 8023: Voluntary Dismissal
• Rule 8023.1: Substitution of Parties
• Rule 8024: Clerk's Duties on Disposition of the Appeal
• Rule 8025: Staying a District Court or BAP Judgment
• Rule 8026: Making and Amending Local Rules; Procedure When There Is No Controlling Law
• Rule 8027: Notice of a Mediation Procedure
• Rule 8028: Suspending These Part VIII Rules
• Rule 9001: Definitions
• Rule 9002: Meaning of Words in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Rule 9003: Ex Parte Contacts Prohibited
• Rule 9004: General Requirements of Form
• Rule 9005: Harmless Error
• Rule 9005.1: Constitutional Challenge to a Statute—Notice, Certification, and Intervention
• Rule 9006: Computing and Extending Time; Motions
• Rule 9007: Authority to Regulate Notices
• Rule 9008: Service or Notice by Publication
• Rule 9009: Using Official Forms; Director's Forms
• Rule 9010: Authority to Act Personally or by an Attorney; Power of Attorney
• Rule 9011: Signing Documents; Representations to the Court; Sanctions; Verifying and Providing Copies
• Rule 9012: Oaths and Affirmations
• Rule 9013: Motions; Form and Service
• Rule 9014: Contested Matters
• Rule 9015: Jury Trial
• Rule 9016: Subpoena
• Rule 9017: Evidence
• Rule 9018: Secret, Confidential, Scandalous, or Defamatory Matter
• Rule 9019: Compromise or Settlement; Arbitration
• Rule 9020: Contempt Proceedings
• Rule 9021: When a Judgment or Order Becomes Effective
• Rule 9022: Notice of a Judgment or Order
• Rule 9023: New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment
• Rule 9024: Relief from a Judgment or Order
• Rule 9025: Security; Proceeding Against a Security Provider
• Rule 9026: Objecting to a Ruling or Order
• Rule 9027: Removing a Claim or Cause of Action from Another Court
• Rule 9028: Judge's Disability
• Rule 9029: Adopting Local Rules; Limit on Enforcing a Local Rule; Absence of Controlling Law
• Rule 9030: Jurisdiction and Venue Not Extended or Limited
• Rule 9031: Using Masters Not Authorized
• Rule 9032: Effect of an Amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Rule 9033: Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
• Rule 9034: Sending Copies to the United States Trustee
• Rule 9035: Applying These Rules in a Judicial District in Alabama or North Carolina
• Rule 9036: Electronic Notice and Service
• Rule 9037: Protecting Privacy for Filings
• Rule 9038: Bankruptcy Rules Emergency