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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, 11/24/2025
    On December 1, 2025, amendments to Bankruptcy Rules 3002.1 and 8006 will take effect.  Additionally, several new official forms related to Rule 3002.1 will also take effect.  New docketing events have been added to CM/ECF to corresponded to the new...
  • Tue, 11/18/2025
    Please be advised that beginning with the December 2, 2025 calendar, all Asheville Chambers Day hearings will be conducted telephonically. The dial-in numbers will be provided on each calendar. Please contact Patti Foy (704-350-7575) if you have any...
  • Mon, 11/10/2025
    U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laura Turner Beyer, Western District of North Carolina, has been reappointed to serve a second fourteen-year term effective November 18, 2025.
  • Tue, 10/14/2025
    To All Judiciary Contractors:  The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is issuing this notice to apprise the Judiciary contractor community of Judiciary-wide plans regarding contract actions that may be necessary if contract funding is affected...
  • Thu, 10/02/2025
    Beginning November 1, 2025, all Charlotte division Chapter 13 hearings should be noticed according to the following hearing times based on the debtor’s attorney:   9:30:  Baron Groshon, Jeffrey Dalrymple, Damon Duncan, Pro Se Debtors   10:00:  Jack...
  • Wed, 10/01/2025
    Beginning with the November 2025 hearing date, and going forward, hearings for all chapters in the Asheville division will take place on the third Tuesday of each month.  Chapter 7’s and Chapter 13’s will be heard at 9:30 a.m., and Chapter 11’s and...
  • Fri, 08/29/2025
    Following the United States District Court order https://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/news/2025-holiday-closure-order, all divisions of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina will be closed on the following dates:...
  • Wed, 07/30/2025
    Please be advised that Judge Hodges’ November 4, 2025 Chambers hearing date is cancelled. Please contact Chambers (704-350-7575) if a hearing is needed prior to the next scheduled hearing dates on November 18 and 19.
  • Wed, 07/23/2025
    Please be advised that the Shelby hearing date originally scheduled for Friday, September 19, 2025, is rescheduled to Friday, September 12, 2025.  The Court will renotice any matters currently scheduled for September 19 to be heard on September 12...
  • Wed, 07/09/2025
    Please be advised that hearings previously scheduled before Judge Edwards on Monday, August 11 (Chapter 7 matters) and Tuesday, August 12 (Chapter 11 matters) were cancelled, as noted in a prior website announcement. To minimize the gap between the...

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