Title; Effective Date; Method of Transmitting Documents

(a) Title. These local rules, promulgated under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8026, shall govern practice before the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit (the “BAP”) and shall be known as the First Circuit BAP Local Rules. They shall be cited as “1st Cir. BAP L.R. .” (b) Effective Date. These rules shall take effect on December 1, 2014, with respect to pending cases and those filed thereafter insofar as is just and practicable. (c) Method of Transmitting Documents. (1) Electronic Case Filing. BAP General Order No. 2, Order Regarding Case Management/Case Filing System (CM/ECF), sets forth the provisions for the electronic filing of documents in cases before the BAP and the exceptions thereto. (2) Facsimile Filing. The BAP clerk is authorized to consider a request to accept for filing document(s) transmitted via facsimile in situations the BAP clerk determines present an emergency or are otherwise compelling. Such documents must be served on all other parties electronically or by facsimile or hand delivery within 24 hours after the initial transmission.