Free Local Form 1 - District of Columbia

LOCAL OFFICIAL FORM NO. 1 REQUEST UNDER LBR 5070-1 FOR HEARING IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ________________________ IN RE _________, Case No. _____ Chapter _____ Debtor. ________________________ [Hearing Date: Not yet set] [If this is an Adversary Proceeding, the Adversary Proceeding caption, Official Form No. 16C, F.R. Bankr. P., should be used with the note regarding the hearing date underneath the Adversary Proceeding Number instead of the Case Number.] REQUEST FOR HEARING PURSUANT TO LBR 5070-1 1. Pursuant to LBR 5070-1, the undersigned requests that the Clerk assign a hearing date for the following matter: [describe motion or other matter that requires a hearing]. 2. It is estimated that the hearing will take [state the estimated time the hearing will take]. 3. I will need to mail the notice of the hearing at least _____ days ahead of the hearing. 4. The following dates should not be used as the hearing date (because of unavailability of counsel or witnesses or other reasons): _____________________. 5. [State any other information which will be useful to the Clerk in deciding what date to assign for the hearing of the matter, including any urgency in the need for a ruling.] Dated: _____ __________________________________________________ [Requestor's Name, Address, and Phone No.] [CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER LBR 5005-1(h)] NOTE: In compliance with LBR 5070-1, the party requesting a hearing must file in duplicate a notice of the hearing, see Official Form No. 2, within three (3) days after being given notification of the hearing date. A party need not request a hearing: if the party's motion or other matter is not ruled upon on the papers, the Court will set a hearing in due course. This form is intended for use when the party knows in advance that a matter will require a hearing or to assure that a hearing is already set if someone files an objection to the action the party proposes. It may also be used when a party desires a hearing on a matter already ripe for a hearing and the Court has not set a hearing