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About Louisiana Western Bankruptcy Court

Louisiana Western Bankruptcy Court is based in Shreveport, with locations in Alexandria and Lafayette. The court has jurisdiction for the following forty-two (42) counties in the state of Louisiana:

Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, De Soto, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, La Salle, Lafayette, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Tensas, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn

Louisiana Western Bankruptcy Court is part of the Fifth Circuit which encompasses the federal courts in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

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CM/ECF Information

Louisiana Western Bankruptcy Court's CM/ECF version is NextGen CM/ECF Release 1.7.2. The maximum file size for a PDF upload is fifty (50) megabytes. CM/ECF for Louisiana Western Bankruptcy Court is available at:

https://ecf.lawb.uscourts.gov

Electronic Proof of Claim (ePOC) is an online tool to help creditors easily create, file, or amend a Proof of Claim (Official Form 410) without a login or password. ePOC is available at:

https://ecf.lawb.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/autoFilingClaims.pl

The CM/ECF Helpdesk phone numbers for Louisiana Western Bankruptcy Court are: