Chief Bankruptcy Judge Laura S. Taylor has ordered all employees to continue to work according to normal schedules during any funding lapse having determined that all judges and their chambers staffs, the Clerk, as well employees of the Clerk’s Office, perform functions that are necessary and essential to the continued resolution of cases.

Therefore, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California will continue normal operations for the duration of the current federal government shutdown. See General Order 191 for details.