Appellee's Designation of Record - Counter Designation

This event is used to file the Appellee's Designation of Record - Counter Designation or an Amended/Supplemental Appellee's Designation of Record ONLY.  If you are filing the Appellant's Designation of Record please use the Designation of Record event.

For instructions on filing an Appellee's Designation of Record - Counter Designation in an adversary case, click here. 

NOTE: If the Statement of Issues is filed with the Designation of Record, it must be uploaded and filed as one document.

CAUTION: Upload as attachments only designated items that do not already appear on the Court's docket.

 

STEP  1       Choose Bankruptcy from main menu

STEP  2       Choose Appeal category

STEP  3        Enter case number; click [NEXT]

STEP  4        Select Appellee's Designation of Record - Counter Designation from drop down list; click [NEXT]

STEP  5         If filing this document with joint counsel place a check in the box next to "Joint Filing with Other Attorney(s)" and click [NEXT]. If not filing with joint counsel click [NEXT] to skip this screen

STEP 6         Select the Party or click Add/Create New Party; click [NEXT]

TIP - If this is the first time you are appearing on behalf of this party, you will be asked to create an association between the attorney and client on the next screen as shown below:

Please be aware that unchecking the association check box will prevent you from receiving Notices of Electronic Filing in this case.

STEP 7          Upload the .pdf document, click [NEXT]

TIP - Upload as attachments only designated items that do not already appear on the Court's docket.

STEP 8          Select the event to which this event relates; click [NEXT]

TIP - Be sure to choose the Notice of Appeal. The Counter-Designation must not be "linked" to the Appellant's designation.

STEP 9          Docket text appears; select applicable prefix, if any: e.g. Amended; review for accuracy; click [NEXT]

TIP - Other than the selection of a prefix, text of docket entry cannot be modified from this screen.  If an error is made, abort the transaction and begin again.

SAMPLE DOCKET TEXT

Appellee's Designation of Record (related document:) Filed by Test Attorney on behalf of Test Client. (test atty)

STEP 10        Final docket text appears; click [NEXT] to submit

TIP - This is last opportunity to change information or abort transaction.

STEP 11        Notice of Electronic Filing displays.