United States District Court, Central District of California
General Order

Category: Administrative

Order Number: Description: Date Filed:
96-01Method of Assigning Bankruptcy Matters among the Divisions of the CDCA02/01/1996

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In the Matter of

METHOD OF ASSIGNING BANKRUPTCY MATTERS AMONG THE DIVISIONS OF THE THE CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT OF CALIFORNIA
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GENERAL ORDER NO. 96-01

WHEREAS, in order to bring about an equal distribution of civil and criminal cases, the Court will periodically review and modify the method of allocating cases among the Divisions,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that there shall be one district-wide Bankruptcy Assignment Wheel which shall include all active district judges and any senior district judge who so elects to be included. All bankruptcy appeals, withdrawals, referrals, contempt proceedings and other bankruptcy matters filed in the District Court regardless of the location of the Bankruptcy Court shall be randomly assigned through the District Court Bankruptcy Assignment Wheel to the individual calendars of the judges of this Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Section 5 and Section 6 of General Order 349 be deleted in their
entirety.

Related bankruptcy cases and proceedings subsequently filed in the district court and case
credit adjustments made in the District Court Bankruptcy Assignment Wheel shall be in accordance with Section 5.0 of General Order 224 and Section 16.2 and Section 16.3 of General Order 224-C.