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About Wisconsin Western Bankruptcy Court

Wisconsin Western Bankruptcy Court is based in Madison, with another location in Eau Claire. The court has jurisdiction for the following forty-four (44) counties in the state of Wisconsin:

Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Washburn, and Wood

Wisconsin Western Bankruptcy Court is part of the Seventh Circuit which encompasses the federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Court Locations

Madison

Robert W. Kastenmeier United States Courthouse
120 North Henry Street
Madison, WI 53703-2559

608-264-5178

Eau Claire

United States Courthouse
500 South Barstow Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701

715-839-2980

CM/ECF Information

Wisconsin Western Bankruptcy Court's CM/ECF version is NextGen CM/ECF Release 1.8 (Revision 1.8.1). The maximum file size for a PDF upload is twenty-six (26) megabytes. CM/ECF for Wisconsin Western Bankruptcy Court is available at:

https://ecf.wiwb.uscourts.gov

Electronic Self-Representation (eSR) is an online tool to help individuals complete a chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy petition when they have decided to file bankruptcy without an attorney. eSR is available at:

https://ecf.wiwb.uscourts.gov/n/esr/pages/registration.jsf

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.wiwb.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/autoFilingClaims.pl

The CM/ECF Helpdesk phone number for Wisconsin Western Bankruptcy Court is:

800-373-8708