(posted March 1, 2007) 

Petitions Filed Without Filing Fees

28 U.S.C. § 1930 sets forth the fee required to be paid upon commencing a case under Title 11. Bankruptcy Rule 1006 [Interim] requires payment of the prescribed fee upon the filing of the case unless an application to pay the fee in installments is filed as authorized by the Rule or unless, in a Chapter 7 case, an application to proceed in forma pauperis is filed in accordance with the Rule.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that any petition filed without payment of the appropriate fee, application to pay in installments, or application to proceed in forma pauperis shall be dismissed immediately. 

Dated this 1st day of March, 2007.

Lamar W. Davis, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge

John S. Dalis
United States Bankruptcy Judge

Susan D. Barrett
United States Bankruptcy Judge