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Reopening a Case

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Local Rule Number: 
Rule 5010-1
5000 Series

(a)      Reopening Fee Waiver. In addition to those circumstances listed in the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule for which no reopening fee must be charged, no reopening fee is required if a case is:

(1)      being reopened to seek to shorten the period during which a debtor is prohibited from filing another case;

(2)      an individual chapter 11 case that was closed after confirmation of a plan but before entry of a discharge; or

(3)      one in which the filing fee had been waived.

(b)     Redacting a Previously Filed Document in a Closed Case. No motion to reopen a closed case is required to file a motion to redact a previously filed document under Bankruptcy Rule 9037(h).