This page will be updated to disseminate information from the Court that will have an impact on filing information, office procedures, case management, services, requirements, etc.

• Compliance with the Court's Local Rules (posted Nov. 19, 2009)
   
• Court Closings during December 2009 (posted Nov. 19, 2009)
   
• Survey for PACER Users (posted Nov. 19, 2009)
   
• Court Closure for Thanksgiving 2009 (posted Nov. 12, 2009)
   
• General Order #2009-9 Exemption of PACER Fees for Elizabeth Warren for a One-Year Period (posted Nov. 12, 2009)
   
• General Order #2009-8 Adoption of Amendments to Local Rules, Court Procedures Manual, Local Forms, and General Orders (posted Nov. 12, 2009)
  
  Modifications to Local Rules, Forms, Court Procedures and General Orders In Order to Conform to Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
  
   
• General Order #2009-7 Adoption of Amendments to Local Bankruptcy Rules (posted Nov. 12, 2009)
   
• Administrative Order 2009-2 Re: Supplementing Chapter 13 Procedure #9 Concerning Notice of Monthly Payment Changes (posted Nov. 9,, 2009)
   
• Census Bureau Data Updated, Effective November 1, 2009 (posted Oct. 22, 2009)
   
• Appointment of Judge Thomas P. Agresti As Chief Bankruptcy Judge For The Western District of Pennsylvania (posted Sep. 28, 2009)
   
• Judge Agresti's Procedures have been updated (posted Sep. 22, 2009)
   
• General Order #2009-6 Assignment of Cases (posted Sep. 15, 2009)
   
• Security Concerns Related to RECAP Software (posted Aug. 27, 2009)
   
• Reappointment of M. Bruce McCullough as a Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (posted Jul. 9, 2009)
   
• History of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Erie, Pennsylvania (posted Jul. 7, 2009)
   
• CM/ECF Enhancement Allows Filers To Open Miscellaneous Proceedings (posted Jun. 25, 2009)
   
• General Order #2009-4 Dismissal for Failure To File the List of 20 largest Unsecured Creditors (posted May 18, 2009)
   
• General Order #2009-3 Exemption of PACER Fees for Associate Professor of Law Anne Lawton of Michigan State University for a One-Year Period (posted Apr. 6, 2009)
   
• Effective May 20, 2009, the Bankruptcy Court will strictly enforce the requirement under FRBP 1007(d) that the List of 20 Largest Unsecured Creditors must be filed with every voluntary chapter 11 petition. (posted Apr. 1, 2009)
   
• Amended Notice Concerning 2009 Third Circuit Judicial Conference (posted Mar. 12, 2009)
   
• Public Notice For Reappointment of a Bankruptcy Judge (posted Mar. 4, 2009)
   
• General Order #2009-1 Exemption of PACER Fees for Jialan Wang, Tal Gross, and Matthew Notowidigdo of MIT for a One-Year Period (posted Feb. 25, 2009)
   
• Notice Re: 2008 Professional Fees (posted Jan. 16, 2009)
  Professional Fees Awarded Report for 2008
   
• 2008 Statistics posted (posted Jan. 16, 2009)
   
• Judge Agresti's Form 12 has been updated (posted Dec. 15, 2008)
   
• Notice to the Bar and Public Concerning 2008 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure effective December 1, 2008 (posted Nov. 6, 2008)
   
• General Order #2008-7 Rescission of General Order 2005-4 (Adoption of Interim Bankruptcy Rules) and Retention of Interim Rule 5012 (posted Nov. 6, 2008)
   
• General Order #2008-6 General Order Regarding Electronic Transcripts and Redaction Policy (posted Oct. 16, 2008)
   
• Filing Fee Changes (posted Oct. 7, 2008)
   
• Changes to Miscellaneous Fee Schedule (posted Oct. 1, 2008)
   
• General Order #2008-5 Chapter 13 Proof of Claim Filing Requirements; General Order #2000-2 Rescinded (posted Sep. 5, 2008)
   
• CM/ECF version 3.2 Upgrade Resource Page has been posted. (posted Sep. 2, 2008)
   
• Fraudulent Scheme Alert (posted Aug. 18, 2008)
   
• General Order #2008-2 Adoption of Revised Chapter 13 Plan (posted Apr. 4, 2008)
   
• Amended Electronic Public Access fee schedule March 11, 2008 (posted Mar. 31, 2008)
   
• General Order #2008-1 Increase in Chapter 13 Counsel Fee Effective January 1, 2008 (posted Mar. 18, 2008)
   
• Means Testing IRS Standards Updated, Effective March 17, 2008 (posted Mar. 11, 2008)
   
• New form for Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 cases: Notice of Proposed Modification to Confirmed Plan Dated... (posted Jan. 31, 2008)
  Instructions for Notice of Proposed Modification to Confirmed Plan Dated...
   
• The Alpha Index with hyperlinks of Local Rules, Local Forms, Court Procedures Manual, Administrative Orders, District Court Orders and General Orders has been updated to include hyperlinks to the specific documents. A permanent link to the Alpha Index with hyperlinks has been added to the Local Rules, Procedures page. (posted Jan. 30, 2008)
   
• Notice of Revised Chapter 11 Quarterly Fee Schedule (posted Jan 10, 2008)
   
• General Order #2007-5 Exemption of PACER Fees for Professor Adam J. Levitin for a One-Year Period (posted Jan 8, 2008)
   
• Amendments to Official Forms Effective Jan. 1, 2008 (posted Dec. 17, 2007)
   
• Chapter 13 Open Forum scheduled (posted Dec. 10, 2007)
   
• General Order #2007-4 Increase to Transcript Fee Rates & a New 14-Day Transcript Delivery Category (posted Nov. 21, 2007)
   
• Amendments to Official Forms (posted Nov. 19, 2007)
   
• New Clerk of Court Named (posted Nov. 14, 2007)
   
• Judge Agresti's Form 023 and 024 have been revised (posted Oct. 19, 2007)
   
• Electronic Public Access (EPA) Fee Schedule Update Effective Sep 18, 2007 (posted Oct.2, 2007)
   
• Administrative Order 2007-1 Re: Rescinding of Administrative Order 2003-1 (posted Sep. 25, 2007)
   
• General Order #2007-3 Setting of Claims Bar Date in Chapter 11 Cases (posted Sep. 21, 2007)
   
• New report added to CM/ECF (posted Aug 15, 2007)
   
• Important correction to Summer 2007 CM/ECF Newsletter (posted Jul 23, 2007)
   
• Summer 2007 CM/ECF Newsletter has been posted (posted Jul 11, 2007)
   
• Judge Fitzgerald's Procedures have been updated (posted Jun. 27, 2007)
   
• General Order #2007-2 PACER Fees exemption for Professor Elizabeth Warren for a One-Year Period (posted Jun. 1, 2007)
   
• General Order #2007-1 PACER Fees exemption for Professor Hülya Eraslan for a One-Year Period (posted May 21, 2007)
   
• Automatic Adjustment of Certain Dollar Amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and Official Bankruptcy Forms Effective April 1, 2007 (posted Mar. 29, 2007)
   
• Notice Re: DOJ Bankruptcy Fraud Hotline (posted Jan. 23, 2007)
   
• The Reaffirmation Agreement Form has been revised effective January 1, 2007 (posted Jan 17, 2007)
   
• Application for Refund may be submitted to request refund of a filing fee overpayment (posted Nov 9, 2006)
   
• The list of current CM/ECF events has been updated (posted Nov 9, 2006)
   
• General Order #2006-4 Amendment to Interim Rule 1007 (posted Oct 24, 2006)
   
• New or Amended Bankruptcy Forms (posted Sep 28, 2006)
   
• New Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing Options Available (posted Sep 27, 2006)
   
• Notice of changes to this web site (posted Aug 21, 2006)
   
• General Order #2006-3 Exemption of PACER Fees for Professor Antoinette Schoar, Professor Tom Chang, and Smanatha O'Keefe of MIT (posted Jul 07, 2006)
   
• General Order #2006-2 Exemption of PACER Fees for Professor Elizabeth Warren for a One-Year Period (posted Jun 19, 2006)
   
• General Order #2006-1 Filing Fees as to Clients Represented or Formerly Represented by Olivia J. Lorenzo, Esquire (posted Jun 19, 2006)
   
• Chapter 13 Requirements for Motions To Extend the Automatic Stay Under 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(3) and To Impose the Stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(4) (posted Mar 29, 2006)
   
• New Case Filing Increases for Chapters 7 and 13 (posted Mar 23, 2006)
   
• Notice Concerning Local Form No. 4 (posted Feb. 27, 2006)
   
• Administrative Order 2006-2 Chapter 13 cases transferred to Judge Deller from Judge Agresti (posted Feb. 6, 2006)
   
• Administrative Order 2006-1 Chapter 13 cases transferred to Judge Deller from Judge Fitzgerald (posted Feb. 6, 2006)
   
• Administrative Order 2005-5 Certificate of Exigent Circumstances (posted Jan. 5, 2006)
   
• Administrative Order 2005-4 Reaffirmation Agreements (posted Jan. 5, 2006)
   
• Mandatory Electronic Filing Requirement via CM/ECF System (posted Dec. 19, 2005; updated May 24, 2007)
   
• General Order #2005-6 Limitation to Automatic Stay and Rent Deposits (posted Dec. 2, 2005)
   
• General Order #2005-7 Regarding Adoption of Revised Chapter 13 Plan and Related Rules and Procedures (posted Nov. 15, 2005)
   
• Requests for Case Mailing Matrixes by PACER Users (posted Oct. 31, 2005)
   
• Administrative Order 2005-8 Extension of Time Erie Division (posted Oct. 28, 2005)
   
• Administrative Order 2005-7 Extension of Time Pittsburgh Division (posted Oct. 27, 2005)
   
• General Order #2005-5 Regarding Assignment of Cases (posted Oct. 18, 2005)
   
• Amended Miscellaneous Fee Schedule (posted Oct. 18, 2005)
   
• Amendments to General Court Procedures effective Oct. 17, 2005 (posted Oct. 14, 2005)
   
• Amended Temporary Change in Case Numbering System (posted Oct. 12, 2005)
       Reason for amendment
   
• Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act Information
   
• General Order 2005-4 Regarding The Adoption of Interim Bankruptcy Rules (posted Oct. 4, 2005)
   
• Mailing Matrix Filing Requirement Effective Oct. 17, 2005. (posted Sep. 26, 2005)
   
• Notice to Bar Concerning BAPCPA. (posted Sep. 22, 2005)
   
• Petition Filing Fee Changes Effective Oct. 17, 2005. (posted Sep. 9, 2005)
   
• New toll-free number added to Voice Case Information Service (VCIS) (posted Aug. 24, 2005)
   
• General Order 2005-3 Regarding Exemption of Payment of Electronic Fees (posted Oct. 4, 2005)
   
• Copy Service Termination Notice Effective: July 21, 2005
   
• General Order #2005-2 Exemption of Payment of Electronic Access Fees for Professor Elizabeth Warren of the Harvard Law School  (posted Jun. 9, 2005)
   
• U.S. Bankruptcy Judgeship for the Western District of Pennsylvania Tentative Selection of Jeffrey A. Deller (posted May 23, 2005)
   
• Enhancement of Claims Register and Modification to CM/ECF Docket Entry.  (posted Apr. 26, 2005)
   
• A New York law firm has prepared a blacklined version of the Bankruptcy Code including the new legislation, and a chart of the effective dates of the sections. http://www.dpw.com  (posted Apr. 6, 2005) Disclaimer
   
• General Order #2005-1 Regarding Permanent Exemption of Payment of Electric Access Fees for David W. Pickens, Divorce Master for the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania  (posted Mar. 30, 2005)
   
• Changes to Bankruptcy Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2005 (posted Dec. 27, 2004)
   
• Administrative Order with Respect to 2019 Statements and/or Exhibits Submitted in Asbestos Cases 00-22876, 02-10298, and 02-21626 (posted Dec. 23, 2004)
   
• Change in Case Number System Effective January 1, 2005 (posted Dec. 9, 2004)
   
• Re-enactment of Chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code (posted Nov. 4, 2004)
   
• Revised Notice to Attorneys in Chapter 13 Erie Division Cases (posted Nov. 4, 2004)
   
• Limited Filing User (LFU) Login Now Available (posted Nov. 1, 2004)
    
• Administrative Order Governing Transfer of Pending Chapter 13 cases (posted Oct. 8, 2004)
  Cases Reassigned to Judge Thomas P. Agresti (PDF format)
   
• Bico, Inc., Case 03-23239 MBM: Public Notice of Filing of Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan and Disclosure Statement.
   
• The United States Bankruptcy Court, Erie Division, has moved to a new location effective Monday, July 19, 2004. The new address and phone number is available on the Court homepage.
   
• General Order #2004-5 Regarding the Adoption of Local Rules, Forms, and Court Procedures Manual.
   
• Electronic Notice via CM/ECF of Judgments and Orders.
   
• General Order 2004-2 Regarding Repeal of General Order 2002-5 (posted May 3, 2004)
   
• General Order 2004-1 Regarding Approval of Local Bankruptcy Rules (posted May 3, 2004)
   
• Court Procedure concerning documents filed on disk or paper (posted Apr 30, 2004)
   
• Electronic Claims/Uploading Creditors (posted Apr. 28, 2004)
   
• Case Captions and Electronic Signatures (posted Apr. 13, 2004)
   
• Creditor Matrix Checker Utility added to the Utility Download page. (posted Mar. 26, 2004)
   
• Disclaimer Regarding Spoofed/Forged Emails. (posted Mar. 22, 2004)
   
• The Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003 (posted Mar. 12, 2004)
   
• Judge Fitzgerald has made a change to the procedures posted on her Webpage. The paragraph entitled "Appearance of Counsel at Hearings" has been modified. A party filing a Certificate of No Objection no longer needs to serve it on opposing counsel or parties in interest. (posted Jan. 30, 2004)
   
• Local Form # 1 - Declaration effective Dec. 1, 2003 (posted Nov. 4, 2003)
   
• General Order 2003-6 Regarding CM/ECF Training/Testing Continuing Legal Education Credits Withheld (posted Oct. 3, 2003)
   
• General Order 2003-5 Regarding Permanent Exemption of Payment of Electric Access Fees for the Northwestern Legal Services of Erie, PA (posted Oct. 3, 2003)
   
• Revision to Chapter 13 Procedure # 9 (posted Oct. 3, 2003)
   
• Notice of Mandatory Electronic Filing Effective Aug. 1, 2003 (posted Jun 20, 2003)
   
• General Orders 2003-2, 3, and 4 have been added (posted Apr. 29, 2003)
   
• Information Regarding CM/ECF 'Free Look' for Attorneys of Record (posted Apr. 21, 2003)
   
• There has been a change in policy concerning courtesy copies. (posted Mar 10, 2003)
  

  Courtesy copies of electronically filed pleadings should not be filed with the Court. This is a change from the requirement in ECF Procedure #1.

  Please keep in mind that courtesy copies of motions for expedited hearings should still be delivered to the Judges' chambers.

• Court Procedure concerning searchable PDF files (posted Mar 3, 2003)
   
• Notice to Pennsylvania County Sheriff's Offices (posted Feb 28, 2003)
  
  • PA County Sheriff's Office List
  
   
• General Order 2003-1 regarding electronic filing and proposed local rules has been updated (posted Jan. 29, 2003)
   
• Please call 412-644-4060 extension 313 if you need to contact the chapter 13 clerk about cases assigned to the Honorable Judith K. Fitzgerald.
   
• For bankruptcies that have issues involving domestic relations matters, the Family Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County must be served.  The proper address has been added to the address registry on this website.  Please click here to view the registry.
   
• Modification made to Wage Attachment Instructions
   
• Federal and State Government Units Addresses added
   
• Notice for Federal and State Governmental Units Addresses
   
• Web PACER is now available
   
• Administrative Expenses Deadline