Central district news and interesting tidbits from cdcbaa President Keith Higginbotham:
-The next four cdcbaa meetings will be held on 2/4/12; 3/3/12; 4/21/12; 5/19/12.
– Hon. Ellen Carrol is retiring on February 6, 2012 and Hon. Robert Kwan will move to the Los Angeles Division to fill the vacancy. Hon. Catherine Bauer will move to the Santa Ana Division and take over Judge Kwan’s calendar.
– There is a new judge in the Riverside Division, Judge Mark Houle.
– The U.S. Trustee’s Office in Downtown is moving to 915 Wilshire Blvd., Wilshire and the 110 Freeway. The move will happen in July or August of this year.
– Tip for “Lam” Motions — attach a printout from the F.D.I.C.’s website to show that you have served the correct address for the bank whose lien you are trying to “strip.”
– Judges are starting to consider sanctioning attorneys who file both the RARA and the Statement of Limited Scope in chapter 13 cases.