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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In re: 

PG&E CORPORATION, 

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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,

 Reorganized Debtors. 

☐ Affects PG&E Corporation 

☐ Affects Pacific Gas and 

 Electric Company 

☒ Affects both Debtors 

* All papers shall be filed in 

the Lead Case, No. 19-30088 (DM).

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Bankruptcy Case 

No. 19-30088-DM 

Chapter 11 

Jointly Administered 

REVISED ORDER CONSOLIDATING MOTIONS TO FILE LATE CLAIMS 

On September 23, 2022, counsel for the Fire Victim Trust 

(“FVT”) sent an email to the court’s staff seeking clarification 

on whether the court expected the FVT to provide orders allowing 

late claims to be filed when the FVT does not object. There was 

no indication that counsel for the FVT copied any counsel for 

late claim movants. As such, the court regards the email 

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DENNIS MONTALI

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Signed and Filed: September 28, 2022

Entered on Docket 

September 28, 2022

EDWARD J. EMMONS, CLERK 

U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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correspondence as an ex parte communication that normally would 

be disregarded without a response. 

Under the circumstances, the court appreciates that the FVT 

and its counsel may have been unclear as to what the court 

expects for matters such as this in the future. Accordingly, 

this order is intended to provide that clarification. 

Under the Order Consolidating Motions to File Late Claims

(Dkt. 12875) and Order Re Supplemental Exhibit to Order 

Consolidating Motions to File Late Claims (Dkt. 12923) 

(together, “Consolidation Orders”), when numerous motions to 

file late claims are filed either by counsel or pro se parties 

and the FVT does not oppose such motions, the court wishes to 

dispose of them efficiently and without unnecessary duplication 

or delay. Thus, a consolidated response via a proposed order 

from the FVT is appropriate. 

Counsel for the FVT is in the best position to gather in 

one exhibit the necessary information to identify the 

claimant(s), the docket number of the motion, the claim number 

and filing date of the claim on the claims docket, and the 

identification of either the counsel for the movant or the 

unrepresented movant. Further, asking counsel for the FVT to do 

this in one document eliminates the need to dispose of multiple 

motions filed by multiple parties. 

Accordingly, the following revised procedures will apply 

for the Consolidation Orders: 

1. When multiple unopposed similar motions are to be 

disposed of, the court will expect counsel for the FVT to submit 

one or more orders disposing of them collectively. The order 

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may deem the affected proofs of claim as “timely”, but still 

subject to the Claims Resolution Procedures. The court will no 

longer require counsel for the FVT to file a separate statement 

of non-opposition. Such order(s) should be uploaded monthly, 

promptly after the end of each month (beginning November, 2022) 

and should cover all such unopposed motions filed by movants who 

are represented by counsel and unrepresented movants, filed 

during or prior to the month just ended. 

2. After September 30, 2022, motions filed by movants who 

are represented by counsel should still state that the FVT must 

file an opposition to any specific motion within fourteen (14) 

days of the filing of the motion. This deadline will also apply 

to motions filed by pro se parties. 

3. If the FVT objects to any such motion(s), it needs to 

file its objection as required by the Consolidation Orders, 

including a brief statement of the nature of the objection. The 

objection(s) should be filed and served on the movant or 

counsel, and should include a notice that the objection(s) will 

be heard on the next regular PG&E all-purpose calendar date that 

is at least fifteen (15) days from the date of the objection. 

Available dates in 2022 are: November 2, 15, 30, December 13, 20 

and later dates are posted on the court’s website. The hearings 

will be governed by B.L.R. 9014-1(b)(3)(C). 

Some parties have filed new proofs of claim but have not 

yet made motions to allow such claims. If no such motions are 

filed, then the FVT will have to file appropriate objections to 

the claims to overcome the presumption of allowability. 

**END OF ORDER** 

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COURT SERVICE LIST 

ECF Recipients 

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