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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. 

Wed, 09/02/2026

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana is scheduled to perform system updates to the CM/ECF NextGen Live server. CM/ECF will be unavailable beginning at 3:00 PM Friday, September 11, 2026, until early...

Wed, 09/02/2026

In observance of the Labor Day holiday, the Clerk’s office will be closed Friday, September 4, 2026, beginning at noon and all day Monday, September 7, 2026. Telephone assistance will be available Friday afternoon by calling (866) 721-2105 or (...

Tue, 07/14/2026

The Electronic Public Access (EPA) fee will increase from $0.10 to $0.12 per page for access to court records through PACER for a period of five years. In addition, the quarterly threshold for automatic exemption was raised from $30 to $40. For...

Tue, 07/14/2026

"To fund the accelerated initiative to modernize and strengthen the security of its case management and public access system, the Judiciary is implementing a modest temporary increase in fees for electronic access to court records beginning on...

Wed, 07/01/2026

In observance of the Fourth of July Holiday, the offices of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana will be closed Thursday, July 2, 2026, beginning at Noon and all day Friday, July 3, 2026.. Limited telephone...

Thu, 06/18/2026

In observance of the Juneteenth Holiday, the offices of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana will be closed Thursday, June 18, 2026, beginning at Noon and all day Friday, June 19, 2026.  Limited telephone...

Thu, 06/11/2026

Pay.gov will be conducting a software upgrade and full-service outage on Saturday, June 20, 2026 beginning at 4:00 pm. The expected duration for this maintenance window is six to twelve hours. The CM/ECF electronic filing system will be available...

Mon, 05/18/2026

In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, the offices of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana will be closed Friday, May 22, 2026 beginning at Noon and Monday, May 25, 2026.  Limited telephone assistance will...

Fri, 04/24/2026

Pay.gov is preparing to move to a new cloud infrastructure. Services will be offline for internal maintenance. This outage is outside of the standard maintenance window which is Sundays 1am - 7am. 

Pay.gov outages are expected for the...

Thu, 04/02/2026

In observance of Good Friday the Clerk's office of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana will be closed Friday, April 3, 2026.  Limited telephone assistance will be available by calling (866) 356-5221. The...

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