A. General

The emergency judge will be responsible for hearing all emergency matters not previously assigned to a judge, and all emergency matters that arise at a time that the judge to whom the matter is assigned is absent. The emergency judge shall also act on matters in the absence of the assigned judge, unless the assigned judge has made arrangements with another judge to do so under Rule 307.

B. Absence or Unavailability of Emergency Judge

Should the emergency judge be absent or unavailable duringher or his term as emergency judge, that judge shall arrange with another judge to exercise the duties as emergency judge. The chief judge and clerk of the Court shall be informed of the substitution.

C. Posting Notice Identifying Emergency Judge

A notice identifying the emergency judges will be posted by the clerk.

Committee Note: This rule is a modification of local Interim Bankruptcy Rule 1.21. It authorizes the emergency judge to hear and decide matters of a judge by request of the chief judge or of that judge who is absent or whose work load prevents immediate attention to urgent matters, in accord with present practice. The assigned judge may arrange with a different judge to do so under Rule 307.