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Administrative and General Orders

Listed below are all orders governing the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada.

Administrative Orders

*Orders are color-grouped by effective date year.
Order Number Reference Effective Date Status
Administrative Order 2023-10 Brandon L. Phillips
Attorney at Law, Bar No. 12264
12/7/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-09 Court Operations during Government Shutdown
09/29/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-08 Randal R. Leonard
Attorney at Law, Bar No. 6716
06/22/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-07 Carrie E. Hurtik
Attorney at Law, Bar No. 7028
04/21/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-06 Christine Owen
Attorney at Law, Bar No. 9141
04/21/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-05 Recission of Administrative Order 2020-14
04/17/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-04 Michael D. Mazur
Attorney at Law, Bar No. 11202
04/4/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-03 Andras F. Babero
Attorney at Law, Bar No. 1658
04/4/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-02 Bankruptcy Court Transition to In-Person Hearings 02/06/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2023-01 Recission of Administrative Order 2020-03 01/05/2023 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2022-06 Federal Rule Changes on December 1, 2022 to Supersede Administrative Order 2020-01 12/01/2022 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2022-05 Use of Electronic Devices in the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Nevada 11/28/2022 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2022-04 Adoption of Temporary Amendment to Interim Bankruptcy Rule 1020 Corresponding to the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Act 07/26/2022 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2022-03 Not intentiontally used
Administrative Order 2022-02 Recission of Administrative Order 2020-10 03/28/2022 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2022-01 Additional Requirement of Face Coverings for Access to the Bankruptcy Courthouses due to Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus 03/2/2022 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-12 Administrative Order 2021-12: Requirement of Face Coverings for Access to Bankruptcy Courthouses 08/2/2021 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2022-01.
Administrative Order 2021-11 Additional Requirement of Face Coverings for Access to the Bankruptcy Courthouses Due to Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus 06/15/2021 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2022-01.
Administrative Order 2021-10 Order Adopting New Local Rule 2015.4 06/15/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-09 Recission of Admin Order 2020-08, Reopening the Court's Las Vegas and Reno Intake Offices 06/1/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-08 Matthew Q. Callister, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 1396 04/20/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-07 John A. Piet, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 10717 04/20/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-06 Aaron A. Aquino, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 11772 04/20/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-05 Vernon A. Nelson, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 6434 03/30/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-04 Order Amending Local Rule 9018 03/02/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-03 Harold P. Gewerter, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 499 02/01/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-02 Edward E. Vargas, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 8702 02/01/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2021-01 Order Adopting Chapter 13 Presumptive Attorney's Fees Guidelines 02/01/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2020-17 Transition to Mortgage Modification Program 01/01/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2020-16 Order Adopting Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice Effective January 1, 2021 01/01/2021 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2020-15 Amendment of Local Rule 9037 09/01/2020 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2020-14 Court Operations Under Phase 2 of the Nevada United: Roadmap to Recovery Reopening Plan 07/01/2020 No longer in effect. Rescinded by Administrative Order 2023-05
Administrative Order 2020-13 Recission of Certain Administrative Orders Issued in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic 07/01/2020 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2020-12 Attorney Discipline - Order of Suspension 06/16/2020 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2020-11 Individual Subchapter V of Chapter 11 Discharges 05/12/2020 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2020-10 Adoption of Interim Bankruptcy Rules Relating to SBRA Interim Rules with Revisions Necessitated by CARES Act; and Notice of Amended Official Forms 04/22/2020 No longer in effect. Rescinded by Administrative Order 2022-02.
Administrative Order 2020-09 Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus 04/09/2020 No longer in effect. Rescinded by Administrative Order 2020-13.
Administrative Order 2020-08 (1) Closure of the Clerk's Office in Reno, Nevada, to Public Access; and (2) Suspension of Court Courtesy Copy Requirements under LR 9014(e) 03/26/2020 No longer in effect. Rescinded by Administrative Order 2020-13.
Administrative Order 2020-07 Requirement of Original Signatures on Electronic Filings 03/25/2020 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2020-06 Extension of Certain Deadlines 03/18/2020 No longer in effect. Rescinded by Administrative Order 2020-13.
Administrative Order 2020-05 Hearings to be Held Telephonically 03/19/2020 No longer in effect. Rescinded by Administrative Order 2020-13.
Administrative Order 2020-04 Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus 03/16/2020 No longer in effect. Rescinded by Administrative Order 2020-13.
Temporary Administrative Order 2020-03 Restrictions on Visitors to the Courthouse 03/16/2020 No longer in effect. Rescinded by Administrative Order 2023-01.
Administrative Order 2020-02 Amendment of Local Rule 3003 02/19/2020 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2020-01 Adoption of Interim Bankruptcy Rules 02/19/2020 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2022-06.
Administrative Order 2019-05 Order Extending Interim Bankruptcy Rule 1007-1 12/19/2019 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2019-04 John Saba, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 165415 08/29/2019 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2019-03 Layne F. Barney, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 6563 12/21/2018 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2019-02 Not intentionally used
Administrative Order 2019-01 James W. Pengilly, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 6085 01/08/2019 No longer in effect. Superseded by District Court’s Order in Case No. 2:18-ms-99 ((Dkt. # 17)
Administrative Order 2018-06 Court Operations During a Lapse in Appropriation or Continuing Resolution 12/21/2018 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2022-05.
Administrative Order 2018-05 Amendment of Local Rule 5005 11/01/2018 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2018-04 Amendment of Local Rule 3011.1 10/01/2018 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2018-03 Amendment of Local Rule 4002 10/01/2018 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2018-02 Protocol Regarding Communication Devices 06/12/2018 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2018-01 David A. Rahm, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 5098
02/16/2018 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2017-05 Amendment of Local Rule 1015 12/01/2017 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2017-04 Amendment of Local Rule 3015 12/01/2017 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2017-03 George R. Carter, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 169 10/04/2017 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2017-02 Chapter 13 Dismissals or Conversions under Federal Bankruptcy Rule 1017 08/01/2017 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2017-01 Jeffrey P. Aylward, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 7983 03/16/2017 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2016-08 Amendment of Local Rule 9018
Secret, Confidential, Scandalous, or Defamatory Matter
12/01/2016 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2016-07 Amendment of Local Rule 7026
Discovery - General
12/01/2016 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2016-06 Amendment of Local Rule 7067
Registry Funds
12/01/2016 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2016-05 Service on Debtors who Request Debtor Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing (DeBN) 09/01/2016 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2016-04 Amendment of Local Rule 3022.1
Chapter 11 Individual Discharges
08/01/2016 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2016-03 Amendment of Local Rule 3015(h) Conduit Payments on Secured Claims in Chapter 13 Cases 05/24/2016 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2020-16.
Administrative Order 2016-02 Rescinding of Administrative Orders 2012-07 and 2010-03 05/11/2016 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2016-01 William O'Mara, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 837 01/29/2016 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2015-06 Amendment of Local Rules 2002 and 3015 12/01/2015 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2015-05 Amendment of Local Rule 3015 Regarding Chapter 13 Plan and Confirmation 08/13/2015 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2015-04 Amendment of Local Rule 9037 Regarding Privacy Redactions 08/13/2015 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2015-03 Barry Levinson, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 6721 04/02/2015 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2015-02 Keith E. Gregory, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 0232 03/30/2015 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2015-01 Luis J. Rojas, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 5107 03/05/2015 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2014-09 Gerry G. Zobrist, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 7223 12/04/2014 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2014-08 Mortgage Modification Mediation 01/01/2015 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2014-07 Charles Lobello, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 5052 11/06/2014 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2014-06 Roberty Fry, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 702 09/08/2014 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2014-05 Randolph H. Goldberg, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 5970 08/26/2014 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2014-04 Local Rule 5005. Electronic Filing, Service, and Transmittal of Papers 06/02/2014 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2014-03 Regarding Filing of Documents Through Electronic Proof of Claim System and Electronic Financial Management Certificate Program 06/02/2014 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2014-02 The Adoption of the Fourth Amended Employment Dispute Resolution Plan 03/01/2012 Remains in full effect
Administrative Order 2014-01 Order Authorizing Reimbursement of Filing Fees Paid by Chapter 7 Panel Trustees 03/01/2014 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2013-04 Conduit Payments on Secured Claims in Chapter 13 Cases 10/01/2013 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2013-03 Repeal of Local Rule 1015.1 09/01/2013 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2013-02 Disposition of Unclaimed Funds 05/01/2013 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2013-01 Amendment of Local Rule 7067 Regarding Deposit and Investment of Registry 03/01/2013 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2012-07 Amendment of Administrative Order 2010-03 - Loan Modifications in Las Vegas Chapter 13 Cases 10/03/2012 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2016-02
Administrative Order 2012-06 Amendment of Local Rule 5001 05/01/2012 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2012-05 Amendment of Local Rule 9022 and Administrative Order 2011-02 01/01/2012 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2012-04 Amendment of Local Rule 5009 01/01/2012 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2012-03 Amendment of Local Rule 2002 01/01/2012 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2012-02 Amendment of Administrative Order 2011-03 - Issuance of Chapter 11 Individual Discharges 01/01/2012 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2012-01 Amendment of Local Rule 3015 to Delegate Noticing of Chapter 13 Plans to Debtor 01/01/2012 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2011-04 Order Authorizing Trustee to Pay Bank Service Charges and Fees Incurred by Estates Accounts 12/12/2011 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2011-03 (amended; see AO 2012-02) Issuance of Chapter 11 Individual Discharges 07/01/2011 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2011-02 (amended; see AO 2012-05) Amendment of Local Rule 9022 07/01/2011 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2011-01 The Adoption of the Third Amended Employee Dispute Resolution Plan 01/13/2011 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2014-02
Administrative Order 2010-02 (amended; see AO 2012-05) Amendment of Local Rule 9022. Notice of Judgment or Order 01/01/2011 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2010-03 Loan Modifications in Chapter 13 12/13/2010 No longer in effect. Superseded by Administrative Order 2012-07
Administrative Order 2010-01 Amendment of Local Rules 9014(g) and 9021(c) 08/04/2010 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04
Administrative Order 2008-01 Chapter 13 Pre-Confirmation Adequate Protection Payments 03/31/2008 No longer in effect. Superseded by General Order 2015-04

General Orders

U.S. District Court, District of Nevada General Orders

*Orders are color-grouped by effective date year.
Order Number Reference Effective Date
General Order 2022-03 Vacating First Amended Temporary General Order 2022-01 Re: Vaccination Policy 05/16/2022
General Order 2022-02 Face Coverings for Court Proceedings due to Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus 05/03/2022
General Order 2020-08 Additional Requirement of Face Coverings for Access to the Courthouses due to Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus 07/10/2020
General Order 2020-01 In the Matter of: Appointing August B. Landis as Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada 04/01/2020
General Order 2019-04 Delegation of Authority to the Bankruptcy Judges for the Promulgation of Local Rules 08/15/2019
General Order 2015-04 Order Adopting Local Rules of Practice 01/01/2016
General Order 2015-02 In the Matter of: Appointing Bruce T. Beesley as Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada 10/01/2015
General Order 2012-02 Order Adopting Local Rules of Practice 12/13/2012
General Order 2009-05 Amendment of Local Rules for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada 12/01/2009
General Order 2009-04 Amendment of Interim Bankruptcy Rule 1007-I 12/01/2009
General Order 2008-05 General Order Relating to Adoption of Interim Rule 1007-1 12/19/2008
LV Chapter 7 Order Directing Reassignment of Cases to Bankruptcy Chief Judge Mike K. Nakagawa 09/01/2006
LV Chapter 11 Order Directing Reassignment of Cases to Bankruptcy Chief Judge Mike K. Nakagawa 09/01/2006
LV Chapter 13 Order Directing Reassignment of Cases to Bankruptcy Chief Judge Mike K. Nakagawa 09/01/2006
RN Chapter 13 Order Directing Reassignment of Cases to Bankruptcy Chief Judge Mike K. Nakagawa 09/01/2006