Executive Office for United States Trustees (EOUST)

The United States Trustee Program (USTP) consists of an Executive Office in Washington, D.C., and over ninety field offices in twenty-one Regions nationwide, covering all Federal judicial districts except Alabama and North Carolina. United States Trustees monitor and supervise private bankruptcy estate trustees, debtors-in-possession, and others to ensure that the interests of all parties in bankruptcy are protected (see  www.justice.gov/ust ). United States Trustees are responsible for the effective administration of bankruptcy cases arising under chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13 of the federal Bankruptcy Code and serve as "watch-dogs to prevent fraud, dishonesty and overreaching in the bankruptcy arena." See 28 U.S.C. 581-589a and 11 U.S.C. 101, et seq. While the Executive Office maintains certain administrative records, case files are not centralized in Washington, and USTP regional and field offices maintain records concerning specific bankruptcy cases. Accordingly, all FOIA requests for USTP records, which should be addressed to the Office of General Counsel, Executive Office for United States Trustees, should identify a bankruptcy case name and/or number, relevant judicial district, and specific USTP office(s) where responsive records may exist (if known).   You need not place a FOIA request to obtain access to recorded bankruptcy meetings of creditors conducted under 11 U.S.C. § 341(a).  To obtain these recordings, please contact the local United States Trustee (UST) office with oversight responsibility for the respective bankruptcy case in which the meeting was conducted.  Contact information for all UST field offices may be accessed  here . Please note that trustee complaints should not be submitted through the USTP FOIA Mailbox or FOIA.gov.  If you have a complaint regarding a trustee, you must direct your correspondence to the UST for the Region in which the bankruptcy case is filed.  The USTP FOIA group cannot respond to trus