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D. Mass. L.R. 206
Core Proceedings Requiring Final Adjudication by the District Court
If a bankruptcy judge determines that entry of a final order or judgment by a bankruptcy
judge would not be consistent with Article III of the United States Constitution in a particular
proceeding referred under L.R. 201 and determined to be a core matter under 28 U.S.C. § 157, the
bankruptcy judge shall hear the proceeding and submit proposed findings of fact and conclusions
of law to the district court made in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(a)(1) in the form of findings
and conclusions stated on the record or in an opinion or memorandum of decision.
The district judge shall make a de novo review upon the record or, after additional evidence,
of any portion of the bankruptcy judge’s findings of fact or conclusions of law to which specific
written objection has been made in accordance with the federal and local rules of bankruptcy
procedure. The district judge may accept, reject, or modify the proposed findings of fact or
conclusions of law, receive further evidence, or recommit the matter to the bankruptcy judge with
instructions.
The district court may treat any order or judgment of the bankruptcy court as proposed
findings of fact and conclusions of law in the event the district court concludes that the bankruptcy
judge could not have entered a final order or judgment consistent with Article III of the United
States Constitution.
History
Adopted June 5, 2012
Provenance
- Source
- www.mad.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
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