Opinion ID: 222590
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Effective Date Of Transfer

Text: Before turning to the BAP's jurisdiction, we must first ensure that the transfer was complete before the Delaware Bankruptcy Court filed the order for relief, as this is a controlling procedural fact. Our rule is that [t]he date the papers in the transferred case are docketed in the transferee court, not the date of the transfer order, ... forms the effective date that jurisdiction in the transferor court is terminated. Chrysler Credit Corp., 928 F.2d at 1517. This rule, however, has limited utility in a case like this one, where the parties filed electronically and, apparently, no physical papers were docketed in the transferee court. However, the Delaware Bankruptcy Court's transmittal letter informed the Colorado Bankruptcy Court of the November 12, 2009 transfer order, and directed the Colorado court to the Delaware court's website, where the electronically filed documents could be retrieved. Under these circumstances, we conclude that the date the transmittal letter was docketed in the transferee court, November 16, 2009, was the effective date of the transfer. The order for relief was issued on December 10, 2009, well after the transfer was complete.