POSTPONEMENT/CONTINUANCE OF MATTERS OR PRO-

CEEDINGS (a) Court Order or Consent Required. Subject to the requirements of Local Bankruptcy Rule 4001-1(b)(3), (1) a Court order or (2) consent of the parties filed on the docket or communicated in writing to the assigned judge’s courtroom deputy is required for any postponement of a hearing, pretrial conference, or trial. (b) Notice to Client and Other Parties. A motion to postpone must be served by the fastest means to avoid inconvenience to other parties.

(c) Conflicting Engagement. A motion for a postponement of a hearing or trial on the grounds of a prior conflicting engagement must be filed at least seven (7) days before the hearing date. Written evidence of the conflicting engagement must be attached to the motion. (d) Meeting of Creditors.

A request for postponement of a meeting of creditors held under 11 U.S.C. § 341 must be handled as follows: (1) Requests for postponement must be made: (A) in Chapter 12 and 13 cases, to the standing trustee assigned to the case; (B) in Chapter 7 cases, to the interim trustee; and (C) in Chapter 11 cases, to the Assistant United States Trustee assigned to the division of Court where the case is pending. (2) Upon a written request of the debtor’s attorney or the debtor, and at the discretion of the respective trustee, a meeting of creditors pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 341(a) Ver. 25.01 (December 1, 2025) 80 may be rescheduled to the trustee’s next available panel date, or as otherwise agreed. The request must state the basis for the request and must state whether any prior continuance request has been made.

(3) Unless otherwise agreed to by the trustee and the debtor’s attorney or the debtor: (A) To request a continuance in a Chapter 7 or 13 case, the documents required by 11 U.S.C. § 521 (pay advices or Local Bankruptcy Form Q and tax returns) must be delivered prior to or with the request to the trustee. (B) In Chapter 7 cases of individual debtors, the debtor’s attorney (or the debtor, if not represented by an attorney) must provide a certification to the trustee that a consent motion has been or will be filed with the Court to extend the deadlines to file both an objection to discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 727 and a motion to dismiss under 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(3) until a date sixty (60) days after the rescheduled meeting of creditors, and to extend the deadline for the United States Trustee to file a Statement of Presumed Abuse under 11 U.S.C. § 704(b)(1)(A) until ten (10) days after the rescheduled meeting of creditors. (C) The debtor’s attorney (or the debtor, if not represented by an attorney) must file and serve on all parties on the matrix by first-class mail or CM/ECF a notice of the new meeting date and time, along with the consent motion, at least seven (7) days in advance of the rescheduled meeting, and must certify to the Court (with a copy to the trustee and the United States Trustee) that said notice has been given. Ver.

25.01 (December 1, 2025) 81 RULE 9014-1 CONTESTED MATTERS Whenever there is an actual dispute before the Court, other than an adversary proceeding, the litigation to resolve that dispute is a contested matter.