Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
Rule 5011 — Motion to Withdraw a Case or Proceeding or to Abstain from Hearing a Proceeding; Staying a Proceeding
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 5011
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 5011 (Motion to Withdraw a Case or Proceeding or to Abstain from Hearing a Proceeding; Staying a Proceeding) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.
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Fed. R. Bankr. P. 5011.
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(a)WITHDRAWING A CASE OR PROCEEDING. A motion to withdraw
a case or proceeding under 28 U.S.C. §157(d) must be heard by a
district judge.
(b)ABSTAINING FROM HEARING A PROCEEDING. Rule 9014 governs
a motion asking the court to abstain from hearing a proceeding
under 28 U.S.C. §1334(c). The motion must be served on all parties
to the proceeding.
(c)STAYING A PROCEEDING AFTER A MOTION TO WITHDRAW OR AB-
STAIN. A motion filed under (a) or (b) does not stay proceedings in
a case or affect its administration. But a bankruptcy judge may,
on proper terms and conditions, stay a proceeding until the mo-
tion is decided.
(d)MOTION TO STAY A PROCEEDING. A motion to stay a proceed-
ing must ordinarily be submitted first to the bankruptcy judge. If
it—or a motion for relief from a stay—is filed in t
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