AMENDMENTS OF VOLUNTARY PETITIONS, LISTS,

i ii RULE 1001-1 DEFINITIONS (A) “Administrative Procedures” means the Administrative Procedures for the Case Management/Electronic Case Filing System, dated July 10, 2017, as may be amended. (B) “Bankruptcy Code” or “Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, as amended. (C) “Bankruptcy Court” or “Court” refers to the bankruptcy judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois. (D) “Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.

(E) “Clerk” refers to the clerk of court duly appointed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois, any deputy clerk, and any member of a judge’s staff who has taken the oath of office to perform the duties of a deputy clerk. (F) “CM/ECF” means the Case Management/Electronic Case Filing System. (G) “District Court” means the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. (H) “District Court Local Rules” means the Local Rules promulgated by the District Court.

(I) “Local Rules” means the Local Rules adopted by the Bankruptcy Court as set forth herein. (J) “Mailing Matrix” means the list required by Bankruptcy Rule 1007(a)(1) containing the name and address of each entity included or to be included on schedules D, E/F, G, and H. (K) “Official Form” means the current Official Bankruptcy Form approved for use by the Judicial Conference of the United States as may be modified by the Court. (L) “Rules” may be in reference to any applicable rule, including these Local Rules, the District Court Local Rules, the Bankruptcy Rules, or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (M) “Section” or “§” refers to provisions of the Bankruptcy Code unless otherwise specified.

(N) “Trustee” means the person appointed or selected to serve as case or standing trustee under the Bankruptcy Code, but not the debtor in possession in a case under Chapter 11. 1 RULE 1001-2 SCOPE OF LOCAL RULES (A) Purpose. These Local Rules are adopted pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9029 to govern the local practice and procedures before the Bankruptcy Court and shall be cited as “ILCB LR ___.” They are intended to supplement the Bankruptcy Rules and those portions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that are incorporated by the Bankruptcy Rules. The Local Rules are to be construed consistent with, and subordinate to, the Bankruptcy Rules and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and to promote the just, speedy, and economic determination of every bankruptcy case and proceeding.

Numbers for the Local Rules track numbers of related Bankruptcy Rules to the extent they exist. (B) Application. These Local Rules shall apply to all bankruptcy cases and proceedings in the Central District of Illinois except to the extent the Court determines them to be inconsistent with applicable law, the Bankruptcy Rules, or the Official Forms or the Court explicitly finds that one or more of the Local Rules should not apply in a particular circumstance. Unless the Court specifically determines otherwise, the nonenforcement of any Local Rule or provision thereof in a particular case or proceeding does not change the Rule’s applicability in that or any other case or proceeding and does not preclude any party in interest or the Court, sua sponte, from raising issues of noncompliance.

Failure to comply with these Local Rules may result in denial of relief requested, dismissal, or other sanctions. (C) Modification or Suspension. In specific cases or proceedings, the Court, upon its own motion or the motion of any party, may suspend or modify any of these Local Rules if the interests of justice so require.