With Congress unable to reach a agreement regarding the budget, non-essental Federal agencies will be shut down until a agreement can be reached.

How will this effect the Bankruptcy Court? Well the Federal Court says they have enough money on hand to keep things going for 2 weeks even if there is no budget passed. After that, Bankruptcy Court may be closed. But I suspect that even if the Court is closed, ECF (the electric case filing system for the Federal Court) will stay open, so we can still file your bankruptcy and get your case number assigned.