11 U.S.C. § 105 — Power of court

(a) The court may issue any order, process, or judgment needed to carry out bankruptcy law. Even if a rule lets a party raise an issue, that doesn't stop the court from acting on its own to enforce its orders or rules, or to prevent abuse of the bankruptcy process. (b) Despite subsection (a), a bankruptcy court cannot appoint a receiver. (c) Whether a district judge, or another district court officer or employee, can use the powers this title gives the court is decided by the rules in title 28 that apply to that judge, officer, or employee. This does not exclude bankruptcy judges or other officers appointed under chapter 6 of title 28 from having those powers. (d) On its own, or when a party in interest asks, the court: (1) must hold status conferences needed to move the case toward a quick, low-cost resolution; and (2) may, unless it conflicts with another bankruptcy rule, set limits and conditions at such a conference to keep the case moving quickly and cheaply — including an order that: (A) sets a deadline for the trustee to accept or reject a contract or lease; or (B) in a Chapter 11 case, sets deadlines for the debtor or trustee to file a disclosure statement and plan, to seek acceptance of the plan, and — for anyone other than the debtor — to file a competing plan or seek acceptance of one; sets the format for notice about the disclosure-statement hearing; or allows that hearing to be combined with the hearing on approving the plan.