Attention:
Pay.gov, the CM/ECF on-line credit card processing module, will be deploying an upgrade of its software (v5.6) on Saturday, June 29, 2013 between 3:00 PM and 11:00 PM (Pacific Time). During this maintenance period ECF users may experience interruptions of service affecting processing of fee transactions.
Access to CM/ECF is NOT affected by this outage.
Regards,
ECF Help Desk
(213) 894-2365
Effective July 1, 2013, the Court is adopting a new transcript ordering process. For more information see: go.usa.gov/bvQk
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The Court has posted updated MS-Word versions of its Notice of Entered Order and Service List (LBR form F 9021-1.1.NOTICE,ENTERED.ORDER) as well as the Notice of Entered Order and Service List attached to all MS-Word LBR form orders.
The updated forms fix a font issue related to the quotation marks. Please use these updated MS-Word form versions for future filings rather than files you may have previously downloaded. The revision date on these form orders has not been changed.
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cdcbaa — Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Association: The Strategic Plan for the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Central District of California
June 22, 2013
Speakers:
Judges Peter Carroll, Maureen Tighe, Scott Clarkson, Deborah Saltzman, Sandra Klein
Clerk of the Court Kathy Campbell and Staff
The judges will present the proposed new Strategic Plan for the Central District of California, and discuss, among other things, (a) the prior strategic plans of the court; (b) the process undertaken to develop the proposed plan; (c) the comments received during the comment period that expired on May 15, 2013; (d) current work on the proposed plan, including the layout of the plan and the incorporation of comments received; (e) the projected adoption date and implementation date; and (f) the reports that will be made by the chief judge annually during the 7 year term of the plan after implementation regarding the goals reached under each of the strategic issues contained in the plan. Ms. Campbell and her staff may have a Power Point presentation on one or more aspects of the plan. The presentation will be 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes, with the balance of the time for questions, etc. Each judge making a presentation is responsible for a specific aspect of the planning process and will speak about that section.
Where:
Southwestern Law School
3050 Wilshire Boulevard
Westmoreland Building – 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Parking is $8.00
Times:
Registration: 10:00am – 11:00am
cdcbaa Membership Meeting: 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Program: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
2 Hours of MCLE Credit Provided – Limited Space
NOTE: ONLY MEMBERS CURRENT ON THEIR 2013 MEMBERSHIP DUES WILL BE ADMITTED.
Cost: Free to current cdcbaa Members
Non-Members: $250 (which includes cdcbaa membership through 2013, at least two more free MCLE Programs this year, admission to the list serve, and admission to the annual
Calvin Ashland Awards Dinner). Note: persons who have not previously been members of the cdcbaa may join at the meeting for $175.00 which will cover the remainder of this year and the Awards Dinner.
Sign up the day of the seminar with a check payable to cdcbaa or visit our website at www.bklawyers.org to remit payment online.
July 20th CLE Program:
New Issues with the Homestead Exemption
ATTENTION ALL ECF USERS:
GSA will be shutting off the electrical power to Roybal building in Los Angeles from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM on Saturday, May 18, 2013. The following electronic systems will not be available as a result of this outage:
CM/ECF Live and Training
LOU
VCIS
LA Archive
The following system will be available:
PACER
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Best regards,
ECF Help Desk
(213) 894-2365
Employment Opportunities with the United States District Court, Central District of California. Please select the link(s) to positions that interest you.
Opportunity: Seeking to Fill a Full-time U.S. Magistrate Judge Position in
Riverside, California
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/employment/us-magistrate-judge
Opportunity: Seeking to Fill a Part-time U.S. Magistrate Judge Position in
Santa Barbara, California
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/employment/part-time-us-magistrate-judge
Opportunity: Career Law Clerk to a U.S. Magistrate Judge
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/employment/career-law-clerk-us-magistrate-judge
Hi everyone,
We are happy to announce that the first Chapter 7 educational video is now available on our website. It is about 40 minutes long and is a video-taped overview of the presentation we provide clients at our monthly Chapter 7 pro se clinics. As we mentioned at the last DAP meeting, the success rate for individuals attending the Chapter 7 pro se clinic and then filing for bankruptcy in 2012 was an impressive 95% and far exceeded the success rate by unrepresented debtors generally of 55.1% that same year. We hope this video will provide bankruptcy pro bono programs and Courts in other divisions within the Central District and state-wide with another educational tool for their clients.
The link to the Chapter 7 Overview video presentation: http://www.publiccounsel.org/video?id=0076
The link is available on the Public Counsel website under the News Section/videos and is titled “Overview of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Alternatives to Bankruptcy.”
This project took several months to coordinate with dedicated staff from the United States Bankruptcy Court and wouldn’t have been possible without their assistance. We would like to thank the Bankruptcy Court staff for donating their time, expertise and creativity in making this video such as successful collaboration. We would also like to specially recognize the following individuals from the United States Bankruptcy Court staff: 1) Sandi Brask; 2) Robin Beacham 3) Ed Pabros; 4) Nick Tam; 5) Jennifer Paro and 6) Monica Groves. Without their assistance this would not have been possible. Thank you!
Please feel free to forward a link to this video to clients, organizations or any programs who could benefit from having this information. Your assistance in disseminating this video is greatly appreciated. The second video which includes an actual review of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition—page by page– is still being edited. We will make this link available as soon as it is finalized.
The 2nd video is 3 ½ hours long and provides a detailed overview about the Chapter 7 filing process.
Thank you!
Warmest regards,
Maggie
Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux
Supervising Attorney
Public Counsel
Consumer Law Project &
Debtor Assistance Project
Ph: 213.385.2977 ext. 105
Fx: 213.385.9089
Em: mbordeaux@publiccounsel.org
Certain versions of Adobe Acrobat and other PDF editing software are known to cause serious document image quality issues when a PDF file is electronically filed through CM/ECF. As a result, all PDF files must be flattened before filing through CM/ECF.
The Court has posted instructions on how to flatten files which may be found at http://go.usa.gov/Tdyk
Thank you,
United States Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California
ATTENTION:
On Saturday, April 27, 2013, the pay.gov server was unexpectedly unavailable and users were directed to a contingency server. Typically, once the technical issues are resolved, the ECF Users are redirected back to the regular server within 24 hours. However, this did not occur, resulting in an inability for some ECF Users to make electronic payments via Pay.gov at this time.
Although this issue was not caused by the Court, we expect it to resolve itself in the next day or so, however, affected ECF Users are encouraged to contact their IT personnel or internet service provider for further assistance. In addition, you may contact the ECF Help Desk at: ECF_support@cacb.gov to obtain the current Pay.gov IP address.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.
Regards,
ECF Help Desk
(213) 894-2365
The Central District Bankruptcy Court Case Management Committee (chaired by Judge Bluebond) would like to pilot e-filing Fee Waiver Requests by a small group of attorneys on behalf of clients for whom they are performing services without charge. The Committee would begin with no more than 10 attorneys performing pro bono work who meet the following criteria:
-Registered CM/ECF users
-In good standing with the Bar
-Are on the 2012 Honor Roll of Pro Bono Volunteers http://www.cacb.uscourts.gov/sites/cacb/files/documents/news/HonorRoll2012.pdf
Please send me (Roksana@SRHLawFirm.com) an email if you are interested.
