Notice of Proposed Amendments to Fifth Circuit Rule 47.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071, we give notice the court is considering amending 5TH Cir. R. 47.5.4 as shown below.
Written comments for consideration on the proposed change will...
You are here
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.
Mon, 10/03/2022
Thu, 09/29/2022
UPDATE: This exercise has been postponed without date.
Pay.Gov will be conducting a Disaster Recovery Exercise (DRE) and a transfer production system operations on Saturday, October 15, 2022, beginning at 5:00 pm (CST)....
Mon, 09/26/2022
Roadways to the Federal Bench: Who Me? A Bankruptcy or Magistrate Judge?
Please see the attached Save the Date announcement. More informaton about this program is available at the ...
Fri, 09/02/2022
In observance of the Labor Day Holiday, the offices of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana will be closed Friday, September 2, 2022 beginning at Noon and all day Monday, September 5, 2022. The Case Management...
Tue, 08/23/2022
Agencies are notified that PACER users and Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) e-filers may experience intermittent authentication issues when logging on, and intermittent connection issues when making payments through Pay.gov on...
Wed, 08/17/2022
Agencies are notified that Pay.gov will be conducting site maintenance on Saturday, August 20th, 2022 from approximately 5PM to 9PM CT. All Pay.gov services will be unavailable during the deployment window. The CM/ECF electronic filing system...
Mon, 08/15/2022
On June 7, 2022, the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (Standing Committee) approved publication of proposed amendments to the following: Appellate Rules 32, 35, 40, and Appendix on Length Limits, Bankruptcy...
Mon, 06/27/2022
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 Friday, July 1, 2022 beginning at Noon and Monday, July 4, 2022. The Case Management and...
Fri, 06/24/2022
On June 21, 2022, the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act(link is external) (the "BTATC" Act...
Tue, 06/21/2022
The Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act(link is external) (the "BTATC" Act), Pub. L. No. 117-151, became law...