Rule9019-4Arbitration.
(a)ReferraltoArbitrationunderFed.R.Bankr.P.9019(c).
TheCourtmayallowthereferralofamattertofinaland
bindingarbitrationunderFed.R.Bankr.P.9019(c).
(b)ReferraltoArbitrationunder28U.S.C.§654.TheCourtmayallowthereferralofanadversaryproceedingtoarbitrationunder28U.S.C.§654.
(c)ArbitratorQualificationsandAppointment.InadditiontofulfillingthequalificationsofamediatorfoundinLocalRule9019-2(b),apersonqualifyingasanarbitratorhereundermustbecertifiedasanarbitratorthroughaqualifyingprogramthatincludesabankruptcycomponent.Anarbitratorshallbeappointed(andmaybedisqualified)inthesamemannerasinLocalRule9019-2(e). ThearbitratorshallbeliableonlytotheextentprovidedinLocalRule9019-2(e)(iv).
(d)PowersofArbitrator.
(i)Anarbitratortowhomanactionisreferredshallhavethepower,uponconsentoftheparties,to
(A)Conductarbitrationhearings;
(B)Administeroathsandaffirmations;and
(C)Makeawards.
(ii)TheFed.R.Civ.P.andtheFed.R.Bankr.P.applytosubpoenasfortheattendanceofwitnessesandtheproductionofdocumentsatavoluntaryarbitrationhearing.
(e)ArbitrationAwardandJudgment.
(i)FilingandEffectofArbitrationAward.Anarbitrationawardmadebyanarbitrator,alongwithproofofserviceofsuchawardontheotherpartybytheprevailingparty,shallbefiledwiththeClerkpromptlyafterthearbitrationhearingisconcluded.TheClerkshallplaceundersealthecontentsofanyarbitrationawardmadehereunderandthecontentsshallnotbeknowntoanyJudgewhomightbeassignedtothematteruntiltheCourthasentereda
finaljudgmentintheactionortheactionhasotherwiseterminated.
(ii)EnteringJudgmentofArbitrationAward.ArbitrationawardsshallbeenteredasthejudgmentoftheCourtafterthetimehasexpiredforrequestingadeterminationdenovo,withnosuchrequesthavingbeenfiled. Thejudgmentsoenteredshallbesubjecttothesameprovisionsoflawandshallhave
thesameforceandeffectasajudgmentoftheCourt,exceptthatthejudgmentshallnotbesubjecttoreviewinanyothercourtbyappealorotherwise.
(f)DeterminationDeNovoofArbitrationAwards.
(i)TimeforFilingDemand.Withinthirty(30)daysafterthefilingofanarbitrationawardunderLocalRule9019-4(e)withtheClerk,anypartymayfileawrittendemandforadeterminationdenovowiththeCourt.
(ii)ActionRestoredtoCourtDocket.Uponademandfordeterminationdenovo,theactionshallberestoredtothedocketoftheCourtandtreatedforallpurposesasifithadnotbeenreferredtoarbitration.
(iii)ExclusionofEvidenceofArbitration.TheCourtshallnotadmitatthedeterminationdenovoanyevidencethattherehasbeenanarbitrationproceeding,thenatureoramountofanyawardoranyothermatterconcerningtheconductofthearbitrationproceeding,unless
(A)TheevidencewouldotherwisebeadmissibleintheCourtundertheFederalRulesofEvidence;or
(B)Thepartieshaveotherwisestipulated.
(g)ThisLocalRuleshallnotapplytoarbitrationunder
9U.S.C.§3,ifapplicable.