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News & Announcements
Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Updated September 9, 2024
The U.S. Bankruptcy Administrator for the Middle District of North Carolina is accepting applications for a two-year term staff attorney position, to be stationed in Greensboro, NC. Apply here!
Updated June 6, 2024
Absent congressional action, the current debt thresholds to qualify for Subchapter V ($7,500,000) and Chapter 13 ($2,750,000) relief will sunset on June 21, 2024. The debt limits for Subchapter V and Chapter 13 cases will revert to the amounts in effect in March of 2020. The Subchapter V debt limit...
Updated April 4, 2024
Proposed amendments to Bankruptcy Rules 3011, 8003, and 9006 --and a new Rule 9038--are scheduled to take effect on 12/1/23. The amended rules cover unclaimed funds, appeals, and computing and extending time. The new rule addresses declaring a “Bankruptcy Rules emergency” and provides...
Updated April 4, 2024
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Updated April 4, 2024
CM/ECF filers should be aware of the potential to inadvertently share restricted documents when using third-party services or software. Sharing your PACER account credentials with a third-party service provider or designating that provider as a secondary recipient of a Notice of Electronic Filing...
Updated April 4, 2024
Please follow the link to view the Zoom Procedure Change for Judge Kahn (05/01/2023).
Updated April 4, 2024
The court has officially adopted new local rules, effective today. The court has also adopted a new standing order prospectively vacating certain standing orders in light of the new local rules and certain changes in practice and procedure in the district.
Updated April 4, 2024
Please note that on and after October 1, 2022, all new Chapter 13’s in the Durham Division and all new Chapter 13’s in the Greensboro Division (all counties) will be assigned to Trustee Troxler. Pending cases in the Durham Division will also be transferred to Trustee Troxler.
Updated April 4, 2024
On June 21, 2022, President Biden signed the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act. The act states that “[o]nly an individual with regular income that owes, on the date of the filing of the petition, noncontingent, liquidated debts of less than $2,750,000 . . ....