Middle District of Florida - Announcements (text)

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule Change
Pursuant to sections 1913, 1914, 1926, 1930, and 1932 of Title 28, United StatesCode, the Judicial Conference, at its March 11, 2008, session, amended the Electronic Public Access (EPA) Fee Schedule for the appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The fee schedule was amended to eliminate any reference to dial-up access, because the current versions of CM/ECF and PACER no longer provide direct dial-up remote access. The fee schedule change is effective immediately.
View the new EPA Fee Schedule

Information for Electronic Filers with an Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing agreement (EBN)
With the implementation of the Reduced Paper Module (RPM), redundant paper notices stopped being mailed by the Bankruptcy Noticing Center. Many of our electronic filing users have signed up with the noticing center to receive electronic bankruptcy notices instead of paper notices. For more information on EBN, please go to the noticing center's website: https://www.noticingcenter.com. Implementation of RPM also reduced the redundant electronic notices being sent by the noticing center. Electronic filing users should continue to monitor their daily notices of electronic filing (NEF) sent from the court and retrieve hearing notices and orders attached to the NEF.

Attention ALL Electronic Filers: Elimination of redundant paper notices from the Court
Please be advised that as indicated in the Announcement dated February 4, 2008 and the second e-mail notification to electronic filers on February 20, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida has implemented the Reduced Paper Module (RPM). In most cases where an electronic filer is a party, only electronic notice will be sent. The court will no longer send redundant paper notices and orders with a few exceptions. The “Notice of the First Meeting of Creditors” will continue to be sent in paper by BNC as well as by electronic notice. In addition there are some docket entries that cause the termination of a party from the case. In order for the terminated party to receive notice, certain orders and notices will be tagged to be mailed in paper from BNC to the terminated party as well as any other electronic filing party on the case. Trustees will receive paper notice only if they are terminated on Notices/Orders of Conversion and Notices/Orders of Removal or Substitution. Attorneys will receive paper notice only if they are terminated on Notices/Orders of Substitution of Counsel and Orders Granting Withdrawal as Counsel.

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ALL ELECTRONIC NOTICES TIMELY. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR CASE ACTIVITY.

Application to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for Approval as a Notice Provider
Entities interested in entering into separate arrangements with creditors for delivery services comparable to those provided through the Bankruptcy Noticing Center program's National Creditor Registration Service (NCRS).
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Please fax the completed application to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Bankruptcy Court Administration Division at (202) 502-1511. A list of approved notice providers will be posted on the Judiciary’s public website at www.uscourts.gov. If you have any questions regarding the status of your application, please contact the Bankruptcy Court Administration Division at (202) 502-1540.

Appointment of Douglas W. Neway as Chapter 13 Standing Trustee in the Jacksonville Division
Notice is given by the United States Trustee of the appointment of Douglas W. Neway as Chapter 13 Standing Trustee in the Jacksonville Division of the Middle District of Florida, effective October 1, 2007, following the resignation of Mamie L. Davis.

Federal Rulemaking - Proposed amendments published for public comment
At its January and June 2006 and June 2007 meetings, the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure approved the recommendations of the Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Rules and approved for publication over 90 time-computation provisions found in the Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Rules, with a view to simplifying the provisions and eliminating inconsistencies among them. These proposed amendments, which are set forth below, comprise the majority of the rules being published for comment.

The proposed amendments to the rules and Official Forms may be accessed by clicking on the link, uscourts.gov/rules/newrules1.htm. The proposed amendments and new rules may also be accessed by clicking on the link titled "Proposed Rules Amendments Published for Comment" in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. The public comment period for the proposed amendments and new rules ends on February 15, 2008.