Judge Laura L. Kulm Ask (Chief Judge, District of South Dakota)

Courthouse Location:

United States Courthouse
400 South Phillips Avenue
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104-6851

Mail Related to Minnesota Cases Must Be Sent To:

301 Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse
300 South Fourth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Hearing Information

WebEx with Video Link: Click here to connect to the WebEx for Judge Kulm Ask's hearings
If you need to dial in: 1-855-244-8681
Meeting number: 2306 565 0783
Enter the # key instead of a meeting password.
Dial-in Number + meeting number: 1-855-244-8681 (includes # for prompts)

Please review the information below before filing any motion.

To obtain a hearing date in a case or proceeding assigned to Judge Kulm Ask:
Contact the Courtroom Deputy:
651-848-1008
mnb_kulm_ask_hearings@mnb.uscourts.gov

For all Hearings or matters, the moving party must submit a MS Word version of ALL proposed orders to: mnb_kulm_ask_orders@mnb.uscourts.gov.

Judge Tabs

Communication

Ex Parte

Parties in interest, attorneys and other professionals MUST NOT communicate in person, by phone or by e-mail with the bankruptcy judge concerning bankruptcy cases or proceedings, unless expressly authorized to do so. See Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9003(a). Parties or attorneys seeking relief from the court must obtain a hearing date and time from the courtroom deputy for the judge assigned to the case, and file a Notice of Hearing (setting forth the date and time of the hearing provided by the courtroom deputy) and a written Motion specifying the relief sought. Local Rules 9013-1 - 9013-2 govern motion practice and are available on the Court's website, www.mnb.uscourts.gov, under Code, Rules, Forms and En Banc Orders.

Seminars Disclosure

The U.S. Judicial Conference adopted a private seminars disclosure reporting policy (pdf) that requires educational program providers and judges to disclose certain information relevant to judges' attendance at privately-funded educational programs.

Any organization covered by the policy that issues an invitation on or after January 1, 2007 (for a program beginning after that date), to a federal judge to attend an educational program as a speaker, panelist, or attendee and offers to pay for or reimburse that judge, in excess of $305, must disclose financial and programmatic information.

Click to view a Seminars Disclosure report.

Rules for Self Calendaring

Attorneys may self-calendar lift stay motions and applications for compensation. Trustees, attorneys for Trustees and the United States Trustee may self-calendar their motions, except in adversary proceedings. Attorneys need not contact the courtroom deputy to schedule these motions or applications, except for those being filed in a closed case.

To view available pre-set hearing dates, log in to CM/ECF first (if not already) and then click here (if not logged in to CM/ECF first, you will receive an Internal Server Error).

For more information, please contact the Courtroom Deputy at 651-848-1008.

Chapter 13 Calendars

The Court is imposing a strict deadline to submit changes to the Chapter 13 calendar. All recommended confirmations, requests for continuances, withdrawals of motions or objections, or other actions that would result in a change to the Chapter 13 calendar must be filed in CM/ECF by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before the calendar. Any request filed after 3:00 p.m. will not be processed and will remain on the calendar and be called.

United States Bankruptcy Court

District of Minnesota

Honorable Katherine A. Constantine, Chief Judge • Tricia Pepin, Clerk of Court

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Judge Laura L. Kulm Ask (Chief Judge, District of South Dakota)

Hearing Information

Judge Tabs

Ex Parte

Seminars Disclosure