IN RE NOLAND

J. KLINGEBERGER, Bankruptcy Judge

This Chapter 7 case was initiated by documentation filed on February 11, 2008. None of the documents filed on that date include a signature page as originally executed by the debtor; instead, a document designated as "Declarations by Debtor for Electronic Filing of Chapter 7 (Individual) Petition with all Schedules and Statements" was filed. The Court is aware that it has reviewed a previous filing by Attorney Daniel Zamudio in case number 08-20183 and let this procedure slide in that case. However, the Court viewed that filing as a one-time aberration, which it obviously is not.

The format utilized by Attorney Zamudio is that which is accepted in certain bankruptcy courts, including potentially the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. This procedure is not an accepted practice here. The official forms which comprise a bankruptcy filing include a separate signature page with respect to a number of separately designated documents necessary to initiate, and process, a bankruptcy case. There is no authority in the Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, or the Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana which allow a deviation from the format adopted by the Official Forms. Whatever other bankruptcy courts may do makes no nevermind here.

IT IS ORDERED that a hearing will be held on April 18, 2008, at 10:00 A.M. at which Attorney Daniel Zamudio shall personally appear so that the Court can explain to him the proper procedure for filing and processing bankruptcy cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Attorney Zamudio would be well advised to obtain originally signed signature pages for all Official Form submissions and file those with the Court in advance of the hearing.