N.D.N.Y. LBR 9013-3 — Default Motion Practice
A published court requirement that applies in New York. Category: Local Rules. Effective December 1, 2024. Verified against the official source (N.D.N.Y. (Bankr.) — Local Rules & General Orders (U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York)) on November 3, 2026.
Summary
N.D.N.Y. LBR 9013-3 — Default Motion Practice: the court's own rule, verbatim from the Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Northern District of New York, effective December 1, 2024 (official PDF, sha-custodied). Court-level requirement: applies in every case and proceeding before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York, alongside the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and any judge-specific procedures; the book's own commentary on the rule is kept with the record, not published.
Requirement
(a) Default Notice. Any motion listed in paragraph (c) of this Rule, if pursued on a default basis, shall clearly and conspicuously contain the following paragraph (which may be single-spaced): IF YOU INTEND TO OPPOSE THIS MOTION, WRITTEN OPPOSITION MUST BE FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND SERVED ON MOVANT’S COUNSEL AT LEAST SEVEN (7) DAYS PRIOR TO THE RETURN DATE. IF YOU DO NOT FILE AND SERVE WRITTEN OPPOSITION, NO HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THE RETURN DATE AND THE COURT MAY GRANT THE MOTION AS UNOPPOSED. (b) Timely Opposition Not Filed. If no opposition is timely filed and served upon movant's counsel as outlined in the above notice, the motion will not appear on the Court’s motion calendar on the return date, and the motion will be considered by the Court without the necessity of any appearance by movant's counsel. (1) Timely Opposition Filed. If written opposition to the motion is timely filed and served upon movant’s counsel, the motion will appear on the Court's motion calendar on the return date and the parties are required to appear. (2) Proposed Order. A proposed order should not be submitted for signature until after the return date of the motion. (c) Default Motions. The default motion practice outlined in this Rule applies to the following types of motions: (1) Abandon Property (§ 554(b)); (2) Allow Administrative Expenses Other Than Professional Fees (§ 503(b)); (3) Allow Administrative Expenses for Professional Fees: (A) in a chapter 13 case which are not in excess of $1,000.00 provided, however, that said fees are requested for services rendered in connection with a motion brought by default under this Rule and (B) which are in excess of $1,000.00 provided, however, that said fees are requested solely for services rendered in connection with a loss mitigation; (4) Approve Settlement of Adversary Proceeding or Contested Matter (Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9019); (5) Assume or Reject Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (§ 365); (6) Change Venue (28 U.S.C. § 1412); (7) Compel Turnover of Property from the Debtor by the Trustee or Pursuant to § 542(e); (8) Convert (§§ 706, 1112(a)) or Dismiss Case (§§ 707, 1112(b), 1208, and 1307); (9) Disallow or Modify Claim (§ 502); (10) Dismiss for Failure to Pay Filing Fee (Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(a)); (11) Extend Time to Assume or Reject an Unexpired Nonresidential Lease (§ 365(d)(4)); (12) Extend Time to File Complaint (Fed. R. Bankr. P. 4004(b), 4007(c)); (13) Extend Time to File Plan and Disclosure Statement – Chapter 11 (§ 1121(d)); (14) Extend Time to File Plan - Chapter 12 and 13 (§§ 1221 and 1321); (15) Extend Time to Pay Filing Fee (Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(b)); (16) Conduct Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2004 Exam; (17) Object to Claimed Exemption (Fed. R. Bankr. P. 4003(b)); (18) Obtain Credit (§ 364(b), (c), and (d)); (19) Modify Chapter 12 or 13 Plan Post-Confirmation (§§ 1229 and 1329); (20) Reopen Case (Fed. R. Bankr. P. 5010 and Local Bankruptcy Rule 5010) (21) Terminate or Modify the Automatic Stay and/or Co-Debtor Stay, provided, however, that movant shall include in the proposed order granting a motion for relief from the stay a directive that (i) the case trustee be added as a necessary party to receive notice of the report of sale and surplus money proceedings; and (ii) closure of the case shall not constitute an abandonment of the trustee’s interest, if any, in any surplus proceeds. (§ 362(d)); (22) Use Cash Collateral (§ 363(e)); (23) Revoke/Reconsider Order of Dismissal (Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9024); (24) Waive Debtor’s Appearance at Section 341 Meeting of Creditors; (25) Application to Employ a Professional under § 327(e) in a Chapter 7 Case When the Trustee Seeks to Employ an Attorney to Pursue a Claim of the Estate Previously Held by the Debtor (§ 327(e)); (26) Confirm Automatic Stay Has Been Terminated (§ 362(j)); (27) Extend the Automatic Stay (§ 362(c)(3)(B)); (28) Seal a Document (Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9018); (29) Avoid Judicial Lien and Non-Possessory, Non-Purchase Money Security Interest (§ 522(f)). (30) Compel Turnover of Tangible Personal Property from a Third Party by an Individual Debtor (§ 542(a)); and (31) Compel Filing of Tax Return and Turnover of Tax Refund from the Debtor by the Trustee. (d) Rules 9013-1 and 9013-2 also apply to default motion practice. (e) The default motion practice only applies to motions listed in paragraph (c) of this Rule. Any other motion shall require the appearance of movant’s counsel, regardless of whether written opposition is filed.
Source of truth
(a) Default Notice. Any motion listed in paragraph (c) of this Rule, if pursued on a default basis, shall clearly and conspicuously contain the following paragraph (which may be single-spaced): IF YOU INTEND TO OPPOSE THIS MOTION, WRITTEN OPPOSITION MUST BE FILED WITH THE CLERK
- Official source
- N.D.N.Y. (Bankr.) — Local Rules & General Orders (U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York)
- Source health
- Healthy · checked November 14, 2026
- Effective date
- December 1, 2024
- Last verified
- November 3, 2026benchpath-nyfed-rules-2026-11-03
Change history
- November 4, 2026Monitor could not safely verify the registered source on two consecutive checks.
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