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Western District of North Carolina - Bankruptcy Administrator

Public-record overview of the Office of the Bankruptcy Administrator for the Western District of North Carolina. The office performs the duties that in the 88 UST districts are performed by the United States Trustee, under 28 U.S.C. § 156(b).

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Section 01Officeholder

Bankruptcy Administrator

Shelley K. Abel

W.D.N.C.

Section 02Office and Court

Section 03Statutory Framework

The Western District of North Carolina is one of six federal judicial districts that elected not to participate in the United States Trustee Program when Pub. L. 99-554 (1986) created that program. Instead, oversight of bankruptcy cases in the W.D.N.C. is performed by the Bankruptcy Administrator, appointed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit under 28 U.S.C. § 156(b). Pub. L. 106-518 (2000) made the BA program permanent.

Disclaimer: Public-record roster of Bankruptcy Administrators published by the Open Bankruptcy Project. Not legal advice. The role of the Bankruptcy Administrator in the six BA districts is functionally analogous to the role of the United States Trustee in the 88 UST districts, but the statutory framework, appointing authority, and oversight chain differ. For representation in a specific matter, contact a licensed attorney admitted to practice in the relevant district.

Sources: The Bankruptcy Administrator program is authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 156(b) and was originally established by § 302 of Pub. L. 99-554 (Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986). The North Carolina and Alabama judicial districts elected not to participate in the United States Trustee Program; the BA Pilot Program covering those six districts was made permanent by Pub. L. 106-518 (2000). Names of Bankruptcy Administrators derive from each district court’s public website and from the official BA office site for each district (each district maintains a *ba.uscourts.gov or equivalent sub-domain).

The Open Bankruptcy Project is a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 41-5159631). Derived data on this page is published under CC BY-SA 4.0. OBP does not publish qualitative characterizations of individual officeholders or evaluations of administrative decisions.

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