RULE 308. CLASSES OF MATTERS

All cases and proceedings filed in this Court shall be assigned to one of the following two classes:

(1) ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGS (A), which includes all adversary proceedings and Security Investor Protection Act proceedings; and

(2) BANKRUPTCY (B), which includes all bankruptcy cases or ancillary proceedings, other than Security Investor Protection Act proceedings.

Committee Note: This rule is based on local General Rule 2.10, rewritten to apply to bankruptcy matters and ancillary proceedings. The bankruptcy court's jurisdiction over liquidation proceedings brought under §5 of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, 15 U.S.C. §78eee, is provided under 15 U.S.C. §78eee(b)(2) and (4).