LOCAL BANKRUPTCY RULES
| Rule 9014-2 | FIRST SCHEDULED HEARING |
(a) the Court gives prior notice to the parties that such hearing will be an evidentiary hearing;(b) the motion requests emergency relief and is made at the commencement of the case;
(c) the motion requests interim or final relief under § 363(c)(2)(B) or § 364 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(d) the motion requests the Court’s approval of rejection of an unexpired lease of real property under § 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, and a timely objection thereto is filed;
(e) the hearing is on confirmation of a plan in a case under chapter 9, chapter 11, chapter 12, or chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code; or
(f) the Court, by general order, has directed that the first scheduled hearing with respect to the type of relief requested in the motion shall be an evidentiary hearing at which witnesses may testify.
Comment
| Bankruptcy Rule 9014(e), added in 2002, requires that the Court provide procedures that enable parties to ascertain at a reasonable time before any scheduled hearing whether the hearing will be an evidentiary hearing at which witnesses may testify. Local Rule 9014-2 was added in 2004 to provide such a procedure. Nothing in Local Rule 9014-2 precludes a party from requesting an evidentiary hearing at the first scheduled hearing and asking the Court to provide for notice thereof under paragraph (a). |