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  • Status Conferences for Judge Oxholm
    Updated 8/18/22: Reinstatement of Status Conferences for Judge Oxholm.  Please click HERE for details about the new status conferences process.
  • ECF Procedure 8 - Filing Format Requirements:
    Pursuant to ECF Procedure 8 - Filing Format Requirements (b) Hyperlinks, the Court is now striking pleadings that contain a hyperlink. We have found that PDF programs like Acrobat automatically create a hyperlink when a URL is detected.  The standard stipulations for 3rd party payment and payment by TFS have www.TFSBillPay.com in the text.  Acrobat and other programs will convert this to a hyperlink when converting to PDF.  The Court will strike the document. We suggest that you remove the www from these pleadings before converting the documents to PDF. The Trustees have updated the forms on their websites to remove the links.  Please take steps to ensure your stipulations are not stricken.
  • End of Plan Calc on 13N
    Access to Plan Calc on the 13Network will end on January 1, 2024.  Plan Calc is moving to the National Data Center (www.ndc.org).  We will eventually discontinue access to the 13Network.  Please send an email to rich@det13.com with the email address you wish to associate with an NDC account, as well as a username setup your FREE NDC account.
  • Future 341 Dockets and Court Hearing Dates List for 2023 (Updated December 2022), Updated Upcoming 341 Meetings and Hearing Dates List through January 2024
    Click here to download a list of all the updated upcoming 341 Meeting dates, as well as hearing dates for Judge Oxholm and Judge Gretchko for our office.  This document can also be found in the "Office Calendar" section in each tab.
  • Gretchko Docket Deadlines
    Please note, effective 10/26/23, there will be a HARD CUT OFF of 3:00 PM on the Tuesday before a proceeding to resolve matters.  Our office does not have the authority to adjourn, confirm, resolve or otherwise remove a case from the upcoming docket after that time.
  • Important Announcement - Gift Card Scams
    It has come to our attention that there have been attempts to convince debtors to make plan payments via gift cards.   Please click HERE to read more about this scam and what you can do to help prevent it.
  • January Document Deadlines (Detroit Joint Memo)
    Please click on the attached document for a joint memo from the Detroit Trustees on winter office closings and document deadlines.    
  • New Form Chapter 13 Plan
    The Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has entered Administrative Order 17-04 regarding the use of a Local Form for a Chapter 13 Plan.  Click here to download the Court Notice.
  • New Zoom 341 Process
    Please CLICK HERE to view a memo on the new Zoom 341 process.  More updates to our 341 procedures will be posted as we gain experience with the system.  We ask that you have patience with us during the transition and that you help us with the change by communicating the Zoom meeting links and Breakout Room assignments to your clients in advance of the Meeting.   Meeting link:
    https://zoom.us/join
    Zoom Meeting ID: 763 552 0686
    Zoom Passcode: 7683050475  
  • Notice Regarding Status Conferences and Contested Dockets
    Please click the links below for instructions for each Judge related to cases administered by our office.  
  • Trustee Fee FY 2024
    Effective October 1, 2023, the US Trustee Program has established the Trustee Fee for cases administered by David Ruskin at 8.5%.  This amount can fluctuate during the course of a fiscal year as well as during the life of a Plan. We encourage the use of a rate of 10% when calculating cases to account for fluctuations in the fee during the life of the Plan.
  • Updated Who Does What (10/11/2023)
    Our Who Does What has been updated to reflect changes in the Case Processor department.    
  • 341 and Court Calendars
    Click HERE to review the call-in information and case lists for upcoming dockets
  • Debtor Attorneys and the National Data Center
    Click here for an annoucement regarding the our office using the National Data Center to send documents and how the NDC can help debtor attorneys.  Also see our Forms directory for a document on how the NDC can help you.
  • Notice Regarding Stipulations