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last update
09/3/2008
- As the result of an unexpectedly long-running hearing in Portland on August 20, the courtroom podium demonstration was cancelled. Anyone who would like information or a demonstration on the use of the podium in Portland should feel free to call Glen Cole of the bankruptcy court's automation staff, at 780-3482 x.231. And a reminder that there will be a demonstration of the Bangor podium after the morning hearings on August 28, likely sometime around noon.
- A new October 1, 2008 Portland Hearing Date has been created.
- The October 7 & 8, 2008 Portland Hearing Dates are CANCELLED.
- The October 2nd Bangor Hearing Date is moved to October 3rd.
- The October 16th hearing date is CANCELLED. Any matters already set for October 16th will be rescheduled to the October 30th Bangor hearing date.
- There will be demonstrations on the use of the courtroom podiums
immediately after the hearings on August 20 in Portland, and on August 28
in Bangor. The demos will be followed by Q&A sessions and hand-on use with
court automation staff, and are open to anyone in the Bankruptcy Court
community who wishes to attend.
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Effective September 10, 2008, Judge Haines's regularly scheduled Wednesday hearing times in Portland will change: Chapter 13 matters will be heard beginning at 9:00 a.m.; Chapter 7 matters will be heard beginning at 11:00 a.m.; and Chapter 11 matters will be heard beginning at 11:30 a.m. For all matters scheduled for hearing on or after September 10, 2008, please use the new times. This change will not affect parties' ability to self-schedule in appropriate circumstances. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Judge Haines's courtroom deputy Mary Ellen Paione at 207-780-3482 x.237, or mpaione@meb.uscourts.gov.
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Changes have been made to Judge Kornreich's self-scheduling hearing date for July
- Chief Judge Louis H. Kornreich is pleased to announce that Randy J. Creswell, Esq. of the Portland firm Perkins Thompson, P.A., has been appointed to the Bankruptcy Court's Local Rules Committee. As with all of the members of the Committee, practitioners should feel free to contact Randy with any questions or comments concerning the Court's local rules.
- Judge Jim B. Haines, Jr. was appointed as the new Chief Judge of the First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel effective June 1, 2008.
- The Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine will be conducting its annual offsite training this month, on June 18 & 19. The Clerk's Office in Bangor will close at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17. The Portland Clerk's Office will close at 2:00 p.m. on the same day. There will be emergency telephone numbers posted on this website and the Court's automated phone system as the dates approach.
- Changes have been made to Judge Haines's self-scheduling hearing dates for July
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The Clerk's Office of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District
of Maine seeks to fill the newly created, dual-role position of
administrative assistant/case administrator. The position is located in
the Court's Portland, Maine office. Duties will include those of a
traditional administrative assistant (maintaining files, assisting with
correspondence, preparing documents, making travel arrangements, etc.), as
well as of a modern federal court case administrator (performing quality
control on docket filings, docketing, scanning, customer support, etc.).
Below please find a position announcement which provides more detail and
the requirements to apply, along with the federal judiciary's application
form (required).
Position Announcement: Administrative Assistant / Case Administrator
Application ForJudicial Employment
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New Hours
Beginning May 12, the Clerk's Office in Bangor and Portland will be open to the public 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The front counter in both locations will be closed from 1:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. to allow staff a lunch break, but we will still be available by phone during that time. This change results from a recent study of counter traffic conducted in both locations over a two-month period, and we believe it will help the Court continue to maintain the excellent service its customers have come to expect.
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Brown Bag Lunches
Judges Kornreich and Haines invite the Bankruptrcy Bar and other interested individuals to a brown bag luncheon on the following dates: In Augusta, at the law offices of Pat Perrino on May 13th at 12:00; In Bangor, at the bankruptcy courtroom on May 29th at 12:00; and in Portland, at the bankruptcy courtroom on June 11th at 12:00.
- Beginning April 10, 2008, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine will officially begin its participation, along with five other federal courts nationally, in a 12-month pilot project to make digital audio files of court proceedings available to the public over the Internet through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. During the pilot, audio files of all court proceedings held in front of Chief Judge Kornreich and Judge Haines, unless otherwise specified by the judge, will be uploaded to the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system. Attorneys of record on a case will receive a Notice of Electronic Filing for the audio file and one free download. Audio files will also be available to the public via PACER at a cost of $0.08 per file, plus the cost of accessing the docket sheet or docket activity report.
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The judges of the bankruptcy court have entered a new standing order that requires any contested motion for relief from stay filed on or after April 15, 2008, to be accompanied by a court-sanctioned "Worksheet in Support of Motion for Relief From Stay" if the motion concerns real estate. In addition to being attached to the Standing Order, the "Worksheet" may also be viewed and downloaded in either Word or WordPerfect format on the "Forms" page of the court's website, under "Local Forms."
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Changes have been made to Judge Kornreich's self-scheduling hearing date for May in Augusta
- The IRS's National Standards for Allowable Living Expenses and Local Standards for Transportation and Housing and Utilities Expenses for purposes of completing the Means Test have been updated. The revised standards will apply to cases filed on or after March 17, 2008.
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