Electronic Signature

The authorized use of a CM/ECF User’s login and password to file a document on the CM/ECF System is a Filing User’s electronic signature. The CM/ECF User’s electronic signature constitutes the CM/ECF User’s signature for purposes of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011, other Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, these local rules, and any other purpose for which a signature is required in connection with proceedings before the court. -68- Local Rule 9013-1 Applications: General (a) Applications Filed in a Case. (1) A request for relief that is made by application under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, other than an applications listed in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, is governed by this subdivision and by either L.B.R. 9013-2 or L.B.R. 9013-3. (2) An application to approve the employment of a professional is governed by L.B.R. 2014-1 and an application for an award of compensation to a professional is governed by L.B.R. 2016-1 through L.B.R. 2016-3.

(b) Content of Application. An application shall identify the applicant, the nature of the relief sought, and the basis for the relief sought. (c) Proposed Order. An applicant shall file with an application a proposed form of order which, if entered by the court, would grant the relief sought by the application.

(d) Service of Application. On the day the application is filed, the applicant shall serve the application and the proposed order on those listed on the Clerk’s Service List. (e) Certification of Service. The applicant shall file a certification of service as required by L.B.R. 9014-4.