Definitions

(a) “Administrative Procedures” means the Administrative Procedures for Filing, Signing and Verifying Pleadings and Papers by Electronic Means, As Amended on March 8, 2018, and as amended thereafter. (b) “Bankruptcy Rule(s)” means the Federal Rule(s) of Bankruptcy Procedure currently 44 in effect, and as thereafter amended. (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) “Bankruptcy Court” means the bankruptcy judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, as a collective body. “Bankruptcy Clerk” means Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

“District Clerk” means Clerk of the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. “District Court Local Civil Rule(s)” means the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana as now in effect or hereafter amended. “Local Bankruptcy Rules” or “LBRs” means these Local Bankruptcy Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, as hereafter may be amended. “Local Form Plan” means the form Chapter 13 Plan adopted by the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3015.1.

“Presiding Judge” means the bankruptcy judge to whom the case, adversary proceeding, or contested matter is assigned. The phrase “small business case” means a case filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in which the debtor is a small business debtor, as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101(51D).