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News & Announcements
Tue, 10/13/2026
The Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) is currently experiencing an outage. As a result, the delivery of electronic and paper notices is unavailable, and the BNC is currently unable to provide noticing services to the...
Wed, 07/01/2026
On Jan. 1, 2027, a modest temporary increase in fees for electronic access to court records will take effect to help reimburse the costs of the development of the new case management and public access system.
The increase of two cents per...
Tue, 06/30/2026
Beginning August 17, 2026, PACER users who have not updated their password in the last 18 months will be randomly selected to update their password to comply with the updated password standards. Strong passwords are essential in safeguarding...
Thu, 06/25/2026
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota updated the Notice and Service Requirements List to include ECF events as a reference when filing pleadings. The updated list can be found at: ...
Mon, 06/22/2026
The judges of the Eighth Circuit invite you to attend the 2027 Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference at the RiverCenter convention center in...
Wed, 05/06/2026
Judge Hastings has issued a new general order outlining a new accessibility procedure for sealed documents.
Fri, 04/24/2026
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota issued a...
Tue, 12/23/2025
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota will be closed December 24th, 25th, 26th and January 1st.
Tue, 11/25/2025
On October 16, 2025, PACER released an update that allows users with CM/ECF-level access (e.g., filers, interested parties, etc.) whose account search status becomes inactive due to search inactivity the ability to...
Fri, 11/14/2025
North Dakota Bankruptcy Court is pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Diaz as Clerk of Court, effective December 1, 2025. Ms. Diaz will begin transitioning into her duties on November 17 under the supervision...
Wed, 10/29/2025
On September 17, 2024, the Judicial Conference of the United States (JCUS) approved proposed amendments to certain Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (FRBP), the adoption of new Official Bankruptcy Forms...
Fri, 06/06/2025
The judges of the Eighth Circuit courts invite all members of the bar to join them for the Judicial Conference July 30-August 1, 2025, at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The...
Fri, 05/09/2025
Beginning Monday, May 12, 2025, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) will be available for all Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) and PACER users. MFA provides added security to...
Wed, 04/16/2025
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reappointed the Honorable Shon Hastings as the United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of North Dakota for a term of fourteen years...
Wed, 11/27/2024
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota will be closed Thursday, November 28th, and Friday, November 29th, 2024.
Wed, 09/11/2024
Wed, 08/28/2024
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is seeking a diverse group of PACER users to apply to be a member of the EPA Public User Group. Members, who will serve a two-year term, will meet in-person...
Tue, 04/30/2024
The U.S. Trustee Program is implementing virtual § 341 meetings of creditors in chapter 7, 12, and 13 cases in the District of North Dakota for § 341 meetings being held on or after June 1, 2014. For more information...
Tue, 12/19/2023
The clerk's office will be closed Monday, December 25th, and Tuesday, December 26th.
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Wed, 10/04/2023
The North Dakota Bankruptcy Court website (www.ndb.uscourts.gov) will be unavailable on Friday, October 6 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm CDT. You can access CM/ECF from...
Tue, 08/29/2023
We are pleased to announce that Video Hearing Procedures have been crafted to help guide video hearing participants. These...
Tue, 08/15/2023
Mon, 08/07/2023
Tue, 06/06/2023
Announcement and Registration Deadline Reminders:
The judges of the Eighth Circuit courts invite you to join them July 12 – 14, 2023, at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota for the Judicial...
Tue, 06/06/2023
The clerk's office will be closed Monday July 3rd and Tuesday July 4th. Court staff will be available on Monday, July 3rd should an emergency arise, and can be reached by...
Thu, 04/27/2023
Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference
July 12 – 14, 2023
Radisson Blu Mall of America
Bloomington, Minnesota
Registration is now open. You may register for the...
Mon, 04/03/2023
The United States Bankruptcy District of North Dakota announces these updates:
- D.N.D. Bankr. L.R. 9013-2, Corporate Ownership Statements, is adopted effective April 3, 2023. The new local rule reads as...
Mon, 04/03/2023
The United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota are accepting applications for the...
Mon, 02/27/2023
A new proposed Local Rule governing the practice in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota is posted and can be accessed at...
Mon, 02/13/2023
The Local Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of North Dakota, are revised and amended effective February 6...
Tue, 01/24/2023
Tue, 12/20/2022
The proposed amendments to the Local Rules governing practice in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota are posted and may be accessed at:...
Thu, 12/01/2022
Congress has taken no action on the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Procedure adopted by the Supreme Court and transmitted to Congress on April 11, 2022...
Tue, 11/08/2022
The clerk's office for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota will be closed on November 24th and 25th.
Court staff will be available...
Fri, 11/04/2022
The clerk’s office of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of North Dakota, is seeking your input regarding the...
Tue, 10/11/2022
Thu, 09/29/2022
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota is pleased to announce a new online payment option. Pay.gov is a web-based application available to pro se debtors that allows case related online...
Mon, 07/18/2022
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable from 8:00 to 9:00 pm CDT on Monday, July 18, 2022. Please contact the Bankruptcy Clerk's Office at 701-297-7100 if you have questions.
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Thu, 07/07/2022
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable from 7:00 to 10:00...
Wed, 07/06/2022
The United States District Court for the District of North Dakota is seeking qualified applicants for one (1) full-time Case Administrator I position. The position...
Fri, 05/13/2022
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has appointed Mary R. Jensen as the Acting U.S. Trustee for the judicial districts established for the States of Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota effective May 7,...
Fri, 03/18/2022
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable from Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 8:00 am to Sunday March 27 at 11:00 pm CDT. Please contact...
Thu, 03/10/2022
This position will be a Term Law Clerk for the Honorable Shon Hastings, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of North Dakota. The incumbent will serve as one of two law clerks supporting the work of the...
Mon, 03/07/2022
The United States Trustee’s Office advises that, effective April 1, 2022, chapter 7 panel trustee, Kip Kaler will no longer accept new chapter 7 cases for the District of North Dakota. Given the historically low...
Mon, 03/07/2022
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable Monday, March 7, 2022 from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm CST. Please contact the Bankruptcy Clerk's Office at 701-297-7100 if you have questions.
Thu, 02/24/2022
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota is pleased to offer Electronic Self Representation (eSR). eSR is an online tool that helps self-represented debtors complete and submit a Chapter 7...
Fri, 01/28/2022
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota provides free wireless internet access in the bankruptcy courtroom and attorney conference rooms. Wireless access is provided as a pilot...
Mon, 11/15/2021
On December 1, 2021, amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 2005, 3007, 7007.1, and...
Wed, 11/10/2021
The clerk's office for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the...
Wed, 11/10/2021
Effective December 1, 2021, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has designated any entity that receives 100 or more paper bankruptcy notices in a single calendar month as a high-...
Tue, 08/24/2021
Thu, 08/19/2021
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable Saturday, August 21st, 2021 from 4:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Please contact the Bankruptcy Clerk's Office at 701-297-7100 if you have questions.
Tue, 07/06/2021
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota is seeking a senior level executive to serve as the Chief Deputy Clerk. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, along with a proven record of leadership and...
Mon, 06/28/2021
Dear Attorneys and Trustees,...
Thu, 06/17/2021
The clerk's office for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota will be closed June 18th, 2021 for the Juneteenth Holiday.
Mon, 06/07/2021
On December 21, 2020, the U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) promulgated a final rule entitled "Procedures for Completing Uniform Periodic Reports in Non-Small Business Cases Filed Under Chapter 11 of Title 11" (...
Wed, 05/19/2021
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable 5:00 PM Friday, 5/21/2021 to 11:00 PM Sunday, 5/23/2021. Please contact the Bankruptcy Clerk's Office at 701-297-7102 if you have questions.
Thu, 05/06/2021
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota is seeking a senior level executive with experience as an administrator of a diverse and innovative organization to serve as the Clerk of...
Fri, 04/23/2021
Notice to Attorneys:
Beginning Monday, May 3, 2021, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota will file digital audio recordings of oral orders and rulings from the bench, allowing the public to access these...
Fri, 01/15/2021
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Wed, 11/25/2020
The clerk's office for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota will be closed on November 26 and 27 and on December 24 and 25.
Court staff will be available on November 27th and December 24th should an emergency...
Tue, 11/17/2020
At its March 2020 session the Judicial Conference approved inflationary adjustments to certain fees on the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule effective December 1, 2020. The fees for filing...
Mon, 10/26/2020
Thu, 08/06/2020
Tue, 07/14/2020
Wed, 07/01/2020
Wed, 07/01/2020
Check out PACER’s newly redesigned, informational and resource website, https://pacer.uscourts.gov.
The website...
Fri, 06/19/2020
The CM/ECF system, PACER and VCIS will be unavailable beginning Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. until Monday, June 22, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. (CDT). During this...
Mon, 04/27/2020
On April 22, 2020, Judge Shon Hastings entered an Order Adopting Amendments to Interim Bankruptcy Rule 1020 Implementing...
Mon, 04/20/2020
Please see the Administrative Order by Judge Hastings entered today, April 20,...
Mon, 03/30/2020
Please see the Administrative Order by Judge Hastings entered today,...
Fri, 03/20/2020
Please see the Administrative Order by Judge Hastings entered today, March 20,2020 regarding Court operations under...
Wed, 03/04/2020
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable Thursday, March 4, 2020, from 5:30 to 6:00 pm.
Tue, 02/18/2020
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable Tuesday, February 18, 2020, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
Chapter 11 Subchapter V (Small Business...
Fri, 02/07/2020
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable Saturday, February 15, 2020, from 4:00 AM to Noon. Please contact the Bankruptcy Clerk's Office at 701-297-7100 if you have questions.
Thu, 02/06/2020
On February 4, 2020, Judge Shon Hastings entered an Order Adopting Small Business Reorganization Act Interim Bankruptcy Rules.
...
Fri, 01/31/2020
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable Friday, January 31, 2020, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Please contact the Bankruptcy Clerk's Office at 701-297-7100 if you have questions.
Mon, 01/27/2020
Due to necessary system maintenance CM/ECF will be unavailable Thursday, January 30, 2020, from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. Please contact the Bankruptcy Clerk's Office at 701-297-7100 if you have questions....
Mon, 11/25/2019
On September 13, 2018, the Judicial Conference approved proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. The proposed amendments were transmitted to the Supreme Court on...
Mon, 10/28/2019
The clerk's office for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota will be closed on November 28 and 29 and on December 24 and 25.
On...
Mon, 10/28/2019