Court Announcements Archive
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12/28/2007 |
Important Notice Concerning Lake County Bankruptcy Call
Beginning March 14, 2008, the location of the Lake County bankruptcy
court call will change. Lake County chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy matters
will be no longer be heard in the Lake County Courthouse at 18 North County
Street, Waukegan. The call will instead be heard at the Lakehurst Branch Court –
Courtroom B. The Lakehurst Branch Court is located at 430 Lakehurst Road,
Waukegan. * * *
Because of the new location, the hearing times for Lake County chapter 7
cases will also change. Beginning March 14, 2008, the following schedule be
observed in the afternoon:1:30 p.m. – Original Motions
2:00 p.m. – Set Matters and Adversary Return Date 2:30 p.m. – Reaffirmations The hearing times for Lake County chapter 13 cases will remain the same: 9:30 a.m. – Original Motions
10:00 a.m. – Trustee Motions 10:30 a.m. – Set Matters and Adversary Return Date 11:00 a.m. – Confirmations |
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11/27/2007 |
The Court will be closed on December 24, 25, 31, 2007 and January 1, 2008.
"In order to permit more time with family and friends, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois will be closed on Monday, December 24, 2007 and Tuesday, December 25, 2007 in observance of Christmas Day and Monday, December 31, 2007 and Tuesday, January 1, 2008 in observance of New Year’s Day..." View Administrative Order 07-13 |
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11/14/2007 |
Administrative Order No. 07-12 | ||||||||
| Scheduled CMECF/PACER outages for 11/10/2007 and 11/16/2007
" Essential upgrades necessitate we remove CM/ECF from service Saturday November 10. This outage will commence at 7:00 AM CST on November 10th and last until approximately 4:00 PM, the same day. A second piece of system maintenance will require that CM/ECF be removed from service Friday, November 16th at 4:30 PM CST lasting until approximately 4:30 PM, Saturday, November 17th. Service may be restored earlier on the 17th, but it is possible for the outage to last longer. We will provide updates to the term of outage as the status changes." |
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10/29/2007 |
Scheduled CMECF/PACER outage 10/30/07 7:00am -7:30am(CST) | ||||||||
10/02/2007 |
Annual Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee Fall Event | ||||||||
09/05/2007 |
Customer Satisfaction Survey
During the week of September 10th we will be conducting a survey of our customers here at the bankruptcy court. We have assembled a team of staff members to hand out the surveys and help facilitate completion of it. We are trying to determine what we are doing well, and where we need to make improvements. We are interested in areas concerning access, fairness and our level of service. The survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. We would appreciate your feedback! Thank you Kenneth S. Gardner Bankruptcy Clerk |
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| Timely Payment of Fees (ECF)
This message is being sent as a reminder that all filing fees are due at the time of filing or by the end of the day. Failure to pay the fees timely will result in order to show cause entered against you as the attorney of record for failure to pay the required fees, and you will be required to appear before the Chief Judge for a hearing. |
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08/24/2007 |
DuPage County Courthouse closed today 8/24/07
Due to the closing of DuPage County Courthouse all matters scheduled for 8/24/07 will be heard next Friday 8/31/07 at the same time. |
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08/23/2007 |
NOTICE REGARDING SCHEDULING OF WESTERN DIVISION CASES FROM NOVEMBER 1, 2007 THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2008
Commencing November 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008, Western Division motions will be heard as follows: every Monday with the exception of November 12, December 24, January 14 and January 21. In addition, motions will be heard on Friday, January 18th. Please set your motions accordingly. Morning session: Chapter 13 trustee motions 9:30 a.m. attorney/creditor motions 10:00 a.m. confirmations 10:30 a.m. Chapter 12 all motions 11:00 a.m. Afternoon session: Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 all motions 1:00 p.m. Trials and hearings will be set by the court at a date mutually agreed upon by the parties. |
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08/20/2007 |
Notice to Individual Consumer Debtor Under §342(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, Effective Monday, 08/27/2007
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois requires that the Notice to Individual Consumer Debts under 11 U.S.C. § 342(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, be filed with the petition or within 15 days. 11 U.S.C. §§ 342(b); 521(a)(1)(B)(iii); 707(a)(3). The Notice to Individual Consumer Debts should be included with the petition and supporting documents and tagged with bookmarks, clearly labeled, and generated by PDF software to permit navigation. View a copy of the Required Lists, Schedules, Statements, and Fees |
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07/03/2007 |
Administrative Order No. 07-06
Assignment of Cases. |
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07/03/2007 |
Administrative Order No. 07-07
Reassignment of Chapter 13 Cases. |
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07/03/2007 |
The "REQUIRED STATEMENT TO ACCOMPANY ALL MOTIONS FOR RELIEF FROM STAY" form has been revised.
"Effective immediately please use the new form, (Rev. 6/25/07)." |
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06/13/2007 |
The membership of the Bankruptcy Liaison Committee has changed | ||||||||
05/16/2007 |
Legal Assistance Foundation Seeks Part-Time Attorney
to Staff Bankruptcy Court Help Desk
PART-TIME STAFF ATTORNEY BANKRUPTCY COURT – SELF-HELP ASSISTANCE DESK Background: The Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (LAF), a not-for-profit corporation, is the principal provider of free civil legal services to low-income and elderly persons in Chicago and suburban Cook County. The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the Chicago Bar Foundation are expanding the pro se help desk. The help desk provides members of the public with basic information about their legal rights and assists individuals without legal representation who wish to file, or have filed, bankruptcy petitions, or who have claims against people or companies who have filed bankruptcy. Position: LAF is seeking a staff attorney to work part time (60%) at the bankruptcy help desk, which is located in the United States Bankruptcy Court, 219 S. Dearborn. The attorney will field inquiries from pro se bankruptcy litigants, most of whom will be individuals who are trying to file a bankruptcy petition pro se or who have already filed a bankruptcy pro se and want advice about questions that have come up in their case. He or she will explain bankruptcy filing requirements, court procedures, the options available, such as the difference between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases, and will assist individuals in preparing petitions and other court-related documents. The attorney will not file any documents or represent individuals who seek aid from the help desk. Where appropriate, the attorney will give the individuals information about other programs that may be able to provide legal representation. This staff attorney will work under the supervision of LAF’s bankruptcy supervisor, and will have access to, and the support of, LAF’s wide ranging legal expertise. The attorney will also work closely with United States Bankruptcy Court personnel and with other organizations that help pro se clients. The hours of work are open for discussion: a possible schedule is 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. daily. Qualifications: Illinois bar and a minimum of two years of litigation experience required. Experience in bankruptcy court preferred. Candidates must be able to communicate effectively with people from all segments of society. Salary: D.O.E. Excellent fringe benefits. Applications: Send resume, cover letter, transcript and names of two references by May 28, 2007 to: David Yen, Supervisory Attorney Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago 111 W. Jackson Blvd., 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60604 (fax) (312) 612-1472 E-mail: dyen@lafchicago.org LAF IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER |
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| Scheduled CM/ECF outage Friday 5/18/07 4:30PM (CDT)
CM/ECF will be removed from service commencing Friday, 5/18/07, at
4:30PM (CDT). This outage is necessary to perform an essential CM/ECF
system upgrade to version 3.1.5. Service will be restored by Saturday
afternoon, 5/19/07.
We have established a read-only system that will be available during this outage. The location is https://ilnb-rep.ecf.uscourts.gov . You will receive an error/warning about the site certificate. Please accept this warning ONLY FOR THIS DURATION. Thank your for your cooperation and understanding. |
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| The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois is pleased to announce the creation of a panel of volunteer attorneys to represent indigent parties on a pro bono basis in discrete adversary proceedings and contested matters.
Please view the announcement below and complete the questionnaire if interested. Volunteer panel announcement Volunteer panel questionnaire |
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05/11/2007 |
Judge Sonderby's Revised Standing Order No. 14
Requirements
for Section 362(c)(3)(B) and (c)(4)(B) Motions |
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05/10/2007 |
The Bankruptcy Court liaison committee is looking for practicing attorneys who are interested in serving on the Committee. | ||||||||
| New Chapter 13 Fee Allowance
The Bankruptcy Judges of the Northern District of Illinois have amended the
procedures for awards of attorney fees in Chapter 13 cases. For cases filed
on or after May 1, 2007, a fee of up to $3500 will be allowed without an
itemization of services, provided that the debtor and counsel enter into an
amended version of the court's Model Retention Agreement, which provides for
representation by counsel throughout the pendency of the case. If a previous Chapter 13 case of the debtor or the debtor's spouse was dismissed within a year of the commencement of the case in which fees are sought, the court retains the discretion to award less than $3500. The option of a flat fee for services rendered only through confirmation has been eliminated. If the new Model Retention Agreement is not entered into, or if counsel seeks a fee greater than $3500, an itemization will be required. Copies of the General Order implementing this procedure, as well as the revised Model Retention Agreement and a revised form for fee applications are available as follows: General Order No. 07-02 Model Retention Agreement Chapter 13 Fee Application |
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| New Model Retention Agreement
Effective immediately please cease the use of the older versions of this form and begin using the new form dated 02/20/07. |
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| New Debtor's Declaration Regarding Domestic Support Obligations
Effective immediately please cease the use of the older versions of this form and begin using the new form dated 02/20/07. |
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| Filing of Social Security Statement in All Individual Cases
Effective Monday, April 16,2007, Official Form B-21, Statement of Social Security Number, must be submitted with every petition for an individual debtor. The form is required per Bankruptcy Rule 1007(f). Currently, the Statement of Social Security Number has not been a required document for electronically filed petitions. This change is being made to insure that the Court records are correct and complete. The Statement must be entered as a separate filing, using the event, Statement of Social Security Number. Using this event will insure that the docket entry is not viewable by the public. Thank you for your cooperation. |
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| The Administrative Procedures for the Case Management/ Electronic Case Filing System were amended March 20, 2007 to reflect the following changes:
Section I , C New subsection 8, Revocation of Password, under DESIGNATION OF CASES , PASSWORDS, REGISTRATION AND APPEARANCE OF ATTORNEYS, that allows the Clerk of Court to invalidate the password of an attorney who is disbarred or suspended. The Clerk will notify the attorney as required by this procedure.
Section II. Clarified language under FILING AND SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS , subsection B-4, Certificate of Service, that further specifies the required information to be included in a Certificate of Service. Section II. Eliminated the requirement under FILING AND SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS, subsection C-2, Original Attorney Signatures, that attorneys include their attorney registration number on each filing. If you have any questions about the changes, please contact our ECF Help Desk at 312-408-7765. |
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| Judge Barbosa will be implementing a new procedure to appear by telephone in Court
effective
April 2, 2007
(ROCKFORD ONLY) Telephonic appearances are no longer arranged directly with Chambers. A private company, Tele-Court, Inc., has been licensed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to provide telephonic appearance services to attorneys for a fee. Tele- Court does not set or calendar hearings for the Court, but rather only facilitates the telephonic appearance of an attorney at hearings that have already been scheduled. Permission will be denied on all scheduled telephonic appearances for matters that do not comply with these guidelines. The fact that an attorney schedules a telephonic appearance on Tele-Court’s system does not mean that a telephonic appearance is permitted by the Court. Attorneys and parties who schedule telephonic appearances are solely responsible for compliance with the Court’s rules and procedures for telephonic appearances. The Court allows the use of telephonic appearances on all matters except as follows: 1. No telephonic appearances are permitted for pre-trial conferences and matters set for oral argument; 2. All sworn testimony must be presented in open court. 3. Only attorneys of record may appear telephonically. Contacting Tele-Court to Arrange a Telephonic Appearance: Telephonic appearances are scheduled online at www.tele-court.com. Persons without internet access can schedule a telephonic appearance by calling (800) 924-5680. The fee payable to Tele- Court for each attorney appearing telephonically is $10 plus 25 cents per minute. A refundable deposit of $25 per call per appearing attorney is required at the time the telephonic appearance is scheduled, which is payable by credit card or other form of advance payment. Each appearing attorney is responsible for the charges applicable to his/her individual connection. Deadline: Telephonic appearances must be scheduled on Tele-Court’s system by 8:00 a.m. (CST) on the business day prior to the hearing date. Dialing in to the Conference: Callers make a telephonic appearance by dialing a toll-free number provided by Tele-Court five minutes before the scheduled hearing time and providing the unique PIN number obtained at the time of scheduling. Speaker-phone, Cellular Phones and Other Distractions: The use of speaker-phones, cellular phones or phones in public places is strongly discouraged. Conference Procedure: Although individual case conferences may occur as directed by the Court, all persons making telephonic appearances typically will be connected to a single conference call that is joined to on-going court proceedings via a speaker-phone in the courtroom. All participants should mute their line until their matter is called to avoid disturbing the courtroom with extraneous noise. Telephone participants must identify themselves each time they begin speaking. View PDF version of the announcement. |
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| CM/ECF
Emergency Outage
02/23/07
CM/ECF will be down from 8:00 pm to approximately 8:30 pm CST for emergency maintenance. |
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| New Chapter 13 Discharge Procedure for BAPCPA
Pursuant to General Order 07-01, for all Chapter 13 cases filed on or after October 17, 2005, the debtor must file a Debtor's Declaration Regarding Domestic Support Obligations in order to receive a discharge. In joint cases, each debtor must file and complete a separate form. The form(s) must be filed at the time that the Chapter 13 trustee indicates that all plan payments have been completed. Chapter 13 trustees will now file a Notice of Completion of Plan Payments to alert the debtor that the Declaration needs to be filed. This new procedure is effective immediately. If you have any questions, please contact our ECF Help Desk at 312-408-7765. |
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| Scheduled website (www.ilnb.uscourts.gov) outage - 02/04/2007 5:00pm CST
The Illinois Northern Bankruptcy Court's website, www.ilnb.uscourts.gov,
will be down on Sunday February 4, 2007 at approximately 5pm for system
maintenance. The outage is expected to last until 8pm (3 hours).
The CM/ECF system (https://ecf.ilnb.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl) will
still be available during the outage period. |
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12/29/2006 |
The Court will be closed on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 in observance of the National Day of Mourning declared by President Bush. | ||||||||
12/21/2006 |
New Bankruptcy Fee Schedule Effective January 1, 2007 | ||||||||
12/13/2006 |
Scheduled CM/ECF outage 12/15/06 4:30PM (CST)
CM/ECF will be removed from service commencing Friday, 12/15/06, at 4:30PM (CST) for scheduled maintenance. Service will be restored by Saturday afternoon, 12/16/2006. Thank your for your cooperation and understanding. |
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11/15/2006 |
Address change for Joliet Courtroom
Effective immediately please notice all motions for Joliet at the address listed below: Will County Court Annex Building 57 North Ottawa Street, Room 201 Joliet, Illinois 60432 In addition, please select this location when E-filing motions. If you have any questions, please contact our ECF Help Desk at 312-408-7765 |
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11/13/2006 |
The Court will be closed on Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24, 2006 in observance of Thanksgiving Day | ||||||||
10/13/2006 |
Scheduled CM/ECF outage 10/13/2006 4:30PM (CDT) CM/ECF will be removed from service commencing Friday, 10/13/06, at 4:30PM (CDT). This outage is necessary to perform an essential CM/ECF system upgrade, version 3.1, to support the BAPCPA legislation. Service will be restored by Saturday afternoon, 10/14/2006.
We have established a read-only system that will be available during this outage. The location is https://ilnb-rep.ecf.uscourts.gov . You will receive an error/warning about the site certificate. Please accept this warning ONLY FOR THIS DURATION. Please check our Internet web site, "www.ilnb.uscourts.gov" for updates. Information regarding the BAPCPA legislation is available on our web site under "Bankruptcy Reform Act Information". Thank your for your cooperation and understanding. |
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09/28/2006 |
Liaison Committee Fall Event | ||||||||
09/28/2006 |
The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Official Forms approved by the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States on September 19, 2005 and Committee Notes to be used effective October 1, 2006. The court is working to make the revised forms fillable, but in the meantime please review the revised and new forms at: "http://www.uscourts.gov/bankform/index.html" |
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09/13/2006 |
CM/ECF: Selecting valid Court locations from lists When filing any event that requires a selection from the Location List, do not select any locations that have an X at the beginning of the location. These locations have been retired from use and should never be used. When a retired location is selected, it causes the docket text to record the incorrect hearing information |
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08/15/2006
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New Chapter 13 Model Plan (non-calculating version) New Chapter 13 Model Plan (calculating version) New Plan to be used immediately and required for all plans filed on or after September 15, 2006 |
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08/11/2006
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Credit card processing system upgrade 8/13/06 Please be advised the payment of filing fees over the internet will be unavailable during the following periods:
Start : Sunday, August 13th, 2006 2:00 AM EDT End : Sunday, August 13th, 2006 8:00 AM EDT You will still be able to view and docket information using CM/ECF during these periods, but you will not be able to make credit card payments. Thank you for your patience and understanding as this required maintenance is performed. |
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08/07/2006
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CM/ECF outages, weekend of 08/11/06 and 08/18/06 CM/ECF will be removed from service commencing Friday, 08/18/06, at 4:00PM CDT. This outage is necessary to perform an essential system upgrade. Service will be restored by Sunday evening 08/20/06.
Please check our Internet web site, "www.ilnb.uscourts.gov" for updates. Thank your for your cooperation and understanding. |
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06/14/2006
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CM/ECF System Outage: 06/16/06 - 06/18/06 The court will be installing a new version of CM/ECF the weekend of June 16 - 18. To accomplish this CM/ECF will be removed from service at 4:00 P.M., Friday June 16th. Service is expected to be restored by Saturday evening the 17th.
There are many parts to this upgrade. Under best circumstances service may be restored as early as Saturday afternoon. Under less than ideal circumstances we may not have things back in service until Sunday. We will send a message to you when the system is up, but you may also test for system availability by logging in any time after Saturday noon. If you wish to try the new version of CM/ECF you may do so by visiting "https://ecf-test.ilnb.uscourts.gov/" and logging-in. The same login name and password you use in our Live area will work in the Test area. Please be certain you are in the Test area. Click here to view a screenshot. If the screen you see does not look like the screenshot DO NOT perform any data entry If you or your organization have developed any automated processes used with CM/ECF we strongly urge you to test them in our Test area before you use them with this new version of CM/ECF. Thank you for attention and understanding. |
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06/01/2006
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New Chapter 13 Model Plan (non-calculating version) New Chapter 13 Model Plan (calculating version) New Plan to be used immediately and required for all plans filed on or after July 1, 2006
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05/10/2006
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Revised Chapter 13 fee Application |
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05/02/2006
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The Bankruptcy Court liaison committee is looking for practicing attorneys who are interested in serving on the Committee. |
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04/27/2006
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JUDGE SCHMETTERER’S CHAMBERS WILL BE CLOSED APRIL 28 - MAY 16, 2006 |
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04/09/2006
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The following forms and instructions will be revised effective on April 9, 2006, as a result of the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-171. |
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04/9/2006
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Warning Regarding Credit Counseling Requirement |
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04/05/2006
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CM/ECF Outage 04/06/06, 05:30 AM - 06:00 AM We will be taking CM/ECF out of service briefly Thursday morning for essential maintenance. We hope this is not too inconvenient and appreciate your understanding. |
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03/22/2006
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New Fee Schedule effective April 9, 2006 FILING FEES Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299 Chapter 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1039 Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1039 Chapter 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239 Chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $274 Chapter 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1039 Adversary Proceeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$250 Notice of Appeal (or cross Appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $255 Motions to Modify Stay, Motions to Compel Abandonment of Property, Motions to withdraw the reference under 28USC157(d) . . . .$150 Application for Pro Hac Vice (for cases filed on or after 2/1/01) . . . . . . $50 Application for Pro Hac Vice (for cases prior to 2/1/01) . . . . . . . . . . . .$100 Registration of Judgment from another District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39 Creditor Schedule Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26 Split case - chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$220 Split case - chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150 Split case - chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1000 CONVERSION FEES for cases filed prior to April 9, 2006 Notice and/or Motion to convert a case to chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 Converting a chapter 7 to a chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $780 Converting a chapter 13 to a chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850 CONVERSION FEES for cases filed on or after to April 9, 2006 Notice and/or Motion to convert a case to chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 Converting a chapter 7 to a chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $755 Converting a chapter 13 to a chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $765 MISCELLANEOUS FEES Retrieval of Record from Federal Records Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45 Search of the Records (per name or item searched) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$26 Certification of any Document or paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9 Exemplification of any Document or paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$18 Copies (per page,paper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0.50 Copies (electronic print fee per page) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0.10 Returned check for NSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45 REOPENING FEES Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$220 Chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150 Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1000 For more details on bankruptcy fees, please refer to 28 U.S.C. 1930 |
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03/07/2006
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Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee Spring Event (June 22, 2006) |
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01/23/2006
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New Chapter 13 Fee Order for cases filed on or after 10/17/05 |
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12/01/2005
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Application to Pay Filing Fee in Installments Effective December 1, 2007 A voluntary petition by an individual shall be accepted for filing if accompanied by the debtor’s signed application, (Official Form 3) stating that the debtor is unable to pay the filing fee except in installments, and that until the filing fee is paid in full, the debtor will not make any additional payment or transfer any additional property to an attorney or any other person for services in connection with the case. The application shall state the debtor shall pay the filing fee according to the following terms: 1) the full filing fee shall be paid in four equal installment payments; 2) the first installment is to be paid within 30 days, and at least half of the filing fee must be paid within 60 days of the filing of the petition; 3) the final installment payment shall be payable not later than 120 days after filing the petition; The application may be completed with a “/s/” in place of the debtor’s signature and filed as a PDF.The Declaration Regarding Electronic Filing must be filed and signed by the debtor. Failure to:
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11/03/2005
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Unexpected CM/ECF outage Due to technical problems with the Court's CM/ECF site you will be redirect to the replica version of the site. You will only be able to run queries and reports.
Normal service is expected to be restored within the next couple hours. |
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10/25/2005
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Judge Trustee Assignment is now available for any new cases file via Electronic Case Filing. |
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10/18/2005
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General Order 05-04 The court will be closed on Friday, November 25, 2005. CM/ECF will be available for electronic filing.
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10/14/2005
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CM/ECF access temporary disabled as of 5:00pm (CST) Due to the volume of prose filings being received over the Intake Counter we are temporarily suspending all outside access to ECF. We will bring the system up as soon as possible, but estimate it will not be available for Electronic Filing until 10:00 PM this evening.
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10/14/2005
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CM/ECF Training Announcement The Training CM/ECF system will be removed from service on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:00 AM. This, to provide an opportunity to upgrade the system to make it compliant with the “ Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 ". The system may be down most of Monday, but we will post a message on our Website when it is available.
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10/07/2005
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CM/ECF outage and BAPCPA Enactment effective October 17, 2005 |
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09/21/2005
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Notice of Fee Changes effective October 17, 2005 |
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09/21/2005
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New Fee Schedule Effective October 17, 2005 FILING FEES
Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $274 Chapter 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1039 Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1039 Chapter 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239 Chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $189 Chapter 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1039 Adversary Proceeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2501 Notice of Appeal (or cross Appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $255 Motions to Modify Stay, Motions to Compel Abandonment of Property, Motions to withdraw the reference under 28USC157(d) . . . . . . $150 Application for Pro Hac Vice (for cases filed on or after 2/1/01) . . . $50 Application for Pro Hac Vice (for cases prior to 2/1/01) . . . . . . . .$100 Registration of Judgment from another District . . . . . . . . . . . . $39 Creditor Schedule Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26 Split case - chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $220 Split case - chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150 Split case - chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1000 CONVERSION FEES Motion to convert a case to chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 Converting a chapter 7 to a chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $780 Converting a chapter 13 to a chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850 MISCELLANEOUS FEES Retrieval of Record from Federal Records Center . . . . . . . . . . $45 Search of the Records (per name or item searched) . . . . . . . . . $26 Certification of any Document or paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9 Exemplification of any Document or paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18 Copies (per page,paper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.50 Copies (electronic print fee per page) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.10 Returned check for NSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45 REOPENING FEES The amount of the filing fee for the appropriate chapter of the particular case on the date of reopening. For more details on bankruptcy fees, please refer to 28 U.S.C. 1930 1The Adversary Proceeding fee of $250 became effective September 20, 2005. |
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09/19/2005
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New Chapter 13 Model Plan (non-calculating version) New Chapter 13 Model Plan (calculating version) The new plan must be used with all Chapter 13 cases filed on or after October 17, 2005.
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09/08/2005
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Bankruptcy Bench/Bar Liaison Committee Notice The Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee was formed to promote communication about Court
procedures, etiquette, filings and other issues, and to assist the Court and attorneys in creating a more
efficient environment. Additionally, the Committee develops and sponsors education programs concerning
issues affecting the bench, attorneys, financial institutions and consumers. The Committee also creates
social opportunities to allow greater interaction between the Court and those who appear before it.
The Committee provides an opportunity to relay issues, concerns or ideas to the Committee – anonymously – through any of the Committee Members. The information will then be presented to the Bankruptcy Judges for their review and consideration. |
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08/31/2005
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CM/ECF Outage Friday 09/02/2005 at 6:00 p.m. (CST) Scheduled CM/ECF outage 09/02/05 6:00pm(CST) - 09/03/05 2:00PM (CST)
The court will be performing system maintenance. CM/ECF will be removed from service at 6:00 PM on Friday, 09/02/05. Service is estimated to be restored Saturday 09/03/05 at approximately 2:00pm (CST). |
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08/31/2005
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Notice of Fee Increase for Adversary Proceedings effective September 20, 2005. View notice
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08/24/2005
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Administrative Procedure Changes effective September 15, 2005. View procedures
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08/18/2005
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Emergency CM/ECF Outage Today 8/18/2005 at 12:00 p.m.
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08/16/2005
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Emergency CM/ECF Outage Today 8/16/2005 at 12:30 p.m.
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07/01/2005
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Application to Pay Filing Fee in Installments Effective Immediately.
Application for permission to pay filing fee in installments is now accepted for electronically filed cases (ECF). The requirements to file a case electronically and pay the fee in installments are: File an application, Official Bankruptcy Form 3, stating that the debtor is unable to pay the filing fee except in installments. The application shall state the proposed terms of the installments payments and the applicant has neither paid any money nor transferred any property to an attorney for services in connection with the case. The application may be completed with a “/s/” in place of the debtor’s signature and filed as a PDF. The Declaration Regarding Electronic Filing must be filed and signed by the debtor. Failure to: • File an Application to Pay Filing Fee in Installments, in accordance with Local Rule 1006-1, • File a Declaration Regarding Electronic Filing, or • Pay the initial installment amount will result in the case being referred to the assigned judge for resolution. Subsequent installment payments must be mailed to the Clerk’s Office or paid in person at the Intake Counter. |
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07/01/2005
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Revised Declaration Regarding Electronic Filing Effective July 1, 2005
The Declaration Regarding Electronic Filing, required when filing a petition electronically (ECF) or on diskette, has been revised. For installment cases, the signature of the debtor(s) on the “Declaration” will take the place of the signature of the debtor(s) on the Application to Pay Filing Fees in Installment. The installment Application can be completed using the /s/ for the signature of the debtor(s) and filed in PDF format. There are two versions of the Declaration Regarding Electronic Filing form. One form to use when filing a petition electronically (ECF) and another when filing a petition on diskette. The “Declaration” to use when filing a petition electronically (ECF) only requires the signature of the debtor(s). The “Declaration” to use when filing a petition on a diskette requires the signature of both the debtor and attorney. Please be sure to use the appropriate form. |
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07/01/2005
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Timely Payment of Fees (ECF) If you fail to pay your fees by the end of the day you will be prevented from further e-filing until all fees are paid. You may pay your fees at any time by running the “Internet Fees Due” report which is found under the CM/ECF “Utilities Menu”.
We are aware of some problems users have experienced when attempting to pay the required fees on-line. This may be due to the following problems: 1. “Cookies” and other Internet files: Your computer and Internet browser software attempt to optimize your use of the Internet by saving information about the sites you visit in these specialized files. On occasion the computer will become confused as to which is correct and most current, the data coming from the web site or the local cookie and Internet files. When this happens the best thing to do is to clear (delete) the cookie and Internet files. Click here for more information on clearing cache and temporary files. 2. “Pop-up Blockers”: Many firms and attorneys use a type of software product called a “Pop-up Blocker”. As the name implies the software will block pop-up advertisements from appearing on your computer. Unfortunately, the prompts to make your payments on the courts system is presented to you using the pop-up method. When the pop-up blocker is turned on, the Payment Information screen will not be displayed. In order to make payments in CM/ECF, you will need to allow pop-up windows to display. Activating and deactivating the pop-up blocker can vary from one software product to another. Use of your software is best explained to you by your technical support. Click here for more information on the Pop-up Blocker feature. 3. Pay.gov: This application was developed by the U.S. Treasury and is the service used by all Bankruptcy Courts to process transactions over the internet. Pay.gov has experienced processing difficulties from time to time, though most have been of less than an hour’s duration. These failures prevent you from paying the filing fee at the time you are filing. If this occurs we ask that you continue filing and make your payment later in the day. If you are experiencing any technical problems please call the ECF Help Desk at 312- 408-7765. |
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05/26/2005
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Memorial weekend CMECF outage Cancelled |
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05/23/2005
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Instructions for filing Chapter 11 related cases electronically Effective Immediately
Step-by-step Procedures: 1) Follow normal process to open Lead case; 2) Run Judge Trustee Assignment for Lead case only; 3) File each additional case. Do not run Judge Trustee Assignment for each additional case; 4) Select Continue Filing. The Bankruptcy Clerks Office personnel will be responsible for assigning the Judge of the Lead case to all related bankruptcy cases filed electronically. In order to complete the Judge Assignment process please contact Arnaldo Rivera, Manager of Public and Courtroom Services upon the completion of the related filings at 773 495-5842 or 312 435-6869. |
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05/16/2005
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Mandatory Electronic Filing Effective July 1, 2005, the court will no longer accept paper documents for filing. All documents submitted to the court must be submitted electronically through the court’s electronic
filing system (CM/ECF). To submit filings via the electronic system, you must complete a training class and certification assignment prior to being issued a login and password. Please visit our website at www.ilnb.uscourts.gov to register for your training class. Individuals without legal representation may file documents in paper form. |
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01/03/2005
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New Case Filing Process Effective January 3, 2005 all documents commencing either a bankruptcy case (petition, lists, schedules, statements, plans, installment agreements, declarations) or adversary proceeding (complaint, cover sheet, summons), not filed via the internet must be submitted on a computer diskette, CDROM, or DVD. The accuracy and completeness of these documents shall be the total responsibility of the debtor and debtor’s attorney. View Filing Requirements.
Pro se filers are exempt from this requirement. For your convenience the court has made most of these forms available on our Bankruptcy Forms Web Page , in a fillable PDF format. Instructions on how to create a PDF document and bookmarks may be obtained from our ECF User’s Manual. Search for PDF and then select Creating PDF and, or Creating Bookmarks in a PDF document. Request for Waiver of the Diskette, CDROM, or DVD If financial constraints and/or the inability to access the equipment necessary to produce a computer diskette would cause an undue hardship on the debtor, a motion must be presented to the Chief Judge. |
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12/10/2004
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Procedural Clarification for Filing Chapter 13 Fee Applications Effective Immediately
Based on the Standing Order effective December 1, 2004, the following procedural guidelines clarify how this document should be filed. The Notice of Motion, should reflect the Confirmation Hearing Date, if initial request. Follow the guidelines in the General Order on Service. See link below. http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov/Announcements/stand_order_ch13_fee_app_notice.pdf Chapter 13 Fee Application Use the latest version, dated 07/12/04. Type the attorney's name and Bar ID under the Signature line. Do not include an additional Motion. The Chapter 13 Fee Application serves as the motion for both initial and post-confirmation requests. If Itemization is submitted, use the approved form and include as an attachment. If the Model Retention Agreement is submitted, use the approved form and include as an attachment. Note: It is only necessary to attach the Model Retention Agreement if the Judge has requested that it be filed. Also, please do not file the Model Retention Agreement with the petition. If required, it should be filed with the Chapter 13 Fee Application, so the Judge has all pertinent documents to consider when awarding fees. If an Affidavit is submitted, include as an attachment. Attach a Proposed Order, using the approved form, and a minute order. This procedure applies to all Chapter 13 Fee Applications: initial requests and requests for postconfirmation fees. Copies of the approved forms are available on the Court’s web site. http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov/ For our ECF Filers: Please use the event, Compensation with Notice of Motion and docket any additional documents as attachments, as described above. This change is being made to standardize the filing and docketing process under CM/ECF. Please click on this link to review the details of this change, as well as other revised documentation. http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov/roboinfo/external_manual.htm If you have any questions please contact our Help Desk at 312 408-7765 or by e-mail at: ecf train@ilnb.uscourts.gov. |
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12/09/2004
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CM/ECF Outage from 3:00 PM Friday 12/10/04 until 4:00 PM Saturday 12/11/04.
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12/8/2004
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PACER Fee Increase A fee increase from 7 cents per page to 8 cents per page for public access to court electronic records (PACER) was approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States at its September 2004 session. The fee increase applies to all systems (CM/ECF, PACER, RACER, etc.) and became effective January 1, 2005. The 30 page cap on case-related documents and reports (excluding transcripts) will remain in effect. However, the maximum cost will be $2.40. The new fee schedule is available by clicking here.
If you have any questions, please contact the PACER Service Center at pacer@psc.uscourts.gov. |
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11/19/2004
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Procedural Change in Filing Objection to Confirmation Effective Monday, November 15, 2004, we implemented a change in how an Objection to Confirmation should be filed. The document should be titled Objection to Confirmation of Plan. You should also accompany the Objection with a Notice of Filing. There is no need to schedule a hearing date as all Objections will be heard at the Confirmation Hearing. The document should NOT be filed as a Motion or combined with any other Motion. This change is being made to standardize the filing and docketing process under CM/ECF. If you attach a proposed order, it should be titled Order Confirming Plan or Order Denying Confirmation. Please do not submit any proposed orders titled Order Sustaining or Overruling Objection. For our ECF filers, please click on the following link to review the details of this change as well as other revised documentation. If you have any questions please contact our Help Desk at 312 408-7765 or by email at ecf_train@ilnb.uscourts.gov. |
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11/10/2004
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General Order Chapter 13 Fee Applications
Notice and Hearing Required.
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10/28/2004
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Administrative Order 04-06
In observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday the Court will be closed Friday, November 26, 2004.
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10/19/2004
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Itemization of Services Rendered to Chapter 13 Debtors This form, Itemization of Services, has been revised and must be used beginning October 19, 2004. A copy of the revised form can be found on the Court's website under Local Bankruptcy Form Orders.
For our ECF filers, the process to docket this form has changed. Whenever the Itemization accompanies a Chapter 13 Fee Application, it should be docketed as an attachment instead of a separate pleading. The form is now listed as one as one of the options that appear in the attachment list. |
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09/10/2004
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CM/ECF Outage Beginning 09/10/04 at 3:00 PM
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07/29/2004
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Required Statement to Accompany all Motions to Modify Stay The Required Statement has been revised and must be used beginning August 2, 2004. A copy of the revised form can be found on the Court's website under Forms and Orders - Bankruptcy Forms.
For our ECF filers, the process to docket a Motion to Modify Stay will change. The Required Statement that accompanies the Motion should be docketed as an attachment instead of a separate pleading. The Statement will be listed as one as one of the options that appear in the attachment list. |
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07/16/2004
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New Chapter 13 Model Plan Mandatory as of August 16, 2004
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06/24/2004
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New Court Liaison Committee Solicits Attorney Comments on Court Functioning |
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02/17/2004
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General Order Required Statement when modifying the automatic stay.
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02/17/2004
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General Order Chapter 7 fees
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02/13/2004
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CM/ECF Outages Sunday 2/15/2004 and Friday 2/20/2004.
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12/01/2003
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New Privacy Rules effective on 12/1/03 To all parties, effective December 1, 2003 only the last four digits of a debtors social security
number will be displayed in CM/ECF. Attorneys, petition filers and pro se debtors are required to file: the last four digits of individual debtors’ Social Security numbers including the Voluntary Petition, Involuntary Petition, Schedules, Statement of Financial Affairs, and Proof of Claim. Form B21 STATEMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER diskette. Form B21, the statement of Social Security number, is confidential and is not to be given out to the public via the counter, or, in person. The party must get leave of court to obtain the Form B21. It does not matter if the requestor is a creditor in the case! Failure of attorneys or pro se filers to submit Form B21 STATEMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER with their new case filing will cause a deficiency notice to be issued requiring the Social Security number to submitted by a date certain or the case would be dismissed. Public service clerks cannot refuse to accept any petition that does not comply with the new privacy rules. When a filer files a bankruptcy case with the old forms which do not comply with the new privacy rules the public service clerk will accept the filing and create a deficiency form. Deputy clerks cannot give out the debtor(s) social security number(s) out to any party who requests it via the telephone, in person, or, through a copy request. If a party is requesting verification of the social security number by giving the deputy clerk the social security number then the deputy clerk will advise the party if the social security number they were given matches, or, does not match. The deputy clerks are not allowed to give the party the debtors social security number when the number the party gives does not match. Any party wishing to obtain access to a debtors’ social security number will have to file a motion with the Bankruptcy Judge who is assigned the case. Under the new privacy rules, the section 341 meeting notice sent to the debtor’s mailing list (creditors and other parties) is the only notice which must include the debtor’s full Social Security number. Two copies of the sectional 341 notice will go out. One with the redacted social security number which goes into the general file and one with the complete social security number which goes out to all listed creditors Section 341 meeting notice will include a box listing all other names used by the debtor in the last six years. After the first meeting notice any other notice will have only the redacted SSN, if any at all . The redacted social security number will be displayed as “xxx-xx-1234". The BNC Certificate of Service will state “that the notice sent to creditors has the full Social Security number, whereas the court’s copy has been redacted.” |
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11/01/2003
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New fees Effective November 1, 2003 Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $209
Chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $194 Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $839 Chapter 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239 Adversary Complaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$150 Notice of Appeal (or cross Appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5 Docketing Appeal (or cross Appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$250 Motions to Modify Stay, Motions to Compel Abandonment of Property, Motions to withdraw the reference under 28USC157(d) . . $150 Motion to convert a case to chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 Retrieval of Record from Federal Records Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45 Creditor Schedule Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26 Registration of Judgment from another District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39 Search of the Records (per name or item searched) . . . . . . . . . . . $26 Certification of any Document or paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9 Exemplification of any Document or paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18 Fee for Splitting Case - Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $155 Fee for Splitting Case - Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $800 Fee for Splitting Case - Chapter 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200 Fee for Splitting Case - Chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $155 Copies (per page,paper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0.50 Copies (electronic print fee per page) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.10 Returned check for NSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45 For more details on bankruptcy fees, please refer to 28 U.S.C. 1930 revised October 2003 |
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01/18/2005
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
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CASE MANAGEMENT/ELECTRONIC CASE FILING SYSTEM |
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06/01/2003
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Internal Operating Procedures Effective June 1, 2003
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05/30/2003
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Creditor Matrix on Diskette The following changes will be effective with the implementation of the CM portion of CM/ECF, or mandated with the implementation of the new Local Rules effective June 1, 2003. The court will be implementing the CM portion of CM/ECF on June 16, 2003.
There will be some small differences in the appearance of the screens an Internet user will use to access the court’s case dockets and document images. You may view a tutorial of the new process by clicking on the following hypertext link:
The debtor shall prepare and submit to the Court, at the time a voluntary petition under any chapter is filed, a mailing matrix on computer diskette which complies with the computerized noticing guidelines. Click here to review the current specifications. Upon motion for cause shown, the court may excuse compliance. Pro se debtors are exempt from this rule. You may submit a sample, or test diskette to the court in advance of our CM live date to verify that you and or your software are able to properly create a Creditor Matrix Diskette. Please direct your sample diskettes and any questions to Arnaldo Rivera, Customer Service Manager. His telephone number is 312 435-6869.
For purposes of assignment, a case shall be assigned to the judge of a previously assigned case under the following circumstances:
The debtor shall serve amendments to voluntary petitions, lists or schedules under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1009 (a) on all creditors, the trustee, and in a Chapter 11 case, on the United States Trustee and any official committee of unsecured creditors, and shall file a proof of such service with the clerk. In addition, if the debtor adds any creditors to the schedules after the first notice of the meeting of creditors under §341 or 1104(b) of the Bankruptcy Code has been mailed, the debtor shall serve each such creditor, by first-class or certified mail, with a copy of the original notice of the meeting of creditors, and shall file a proof of such service with the clerk. 341 Notices on Chapter 13 Petitions The Clerk’s Office will schedule 341 Meetings and Confirmation Hearings upon the filing of the petition. Notice will be issued even if the Chapter 13 Plan is not filed. Chapter 13 Plans and Amended Plans The Clerk’s Office will send a copy of the plan or amended plan to all creditors and parties in interest. Chapter 11 Claim Register The Claim Register will only list proofs of claim that have been filed with the Clerk’s Office. A claim record will no longer be created based on the claim amounts listed in the schedules.
When only one of two joint debtors in a joint petition files a notice of intent or motion to convert, upon payment of any required additional filing fees, the clerk shall divide the case into two separate cases and assign a case number to the new case. The debtor seeking to convert his or her case shall give notice to the other joint debtor as well as all other parties entitled to notice under the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules, and shall be responsible for the payment of all required fees. Each debtor shall file within 15 days of division of the case all necessary amendments to the schedules and statement of financial affairs. New Case Number Format You will not be required to change the way you display the case number on your pleadings. You will notice a difference in the way the new system will display case numbers on some screens. Case and party data for the Eastern and Western Divisions will be consolidated in CM/ECF. The following outlines what each part of the new, fully distinguished, case number represents.
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04/29/2003
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General Order ... the Local Rules of the Bankruptcy Court be adopted effective June 1, 2003.
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02/10/2003
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General Order 03-09 IT IS ORDERED THAT, effective Tuesday, February 11, 2003, all Chapter 13 cases pending on the calendar of Judge Eugene R. Wedoff, and all related pending Adversary Proceedings, will be reassigned to the calendar of Judge Jacqueline P. Cox.
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02/03/2003
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General Order 03-07 IT IS ORDERED that all pending cases, and any related Adversary Proceedings on Calendar “A” are reassigned to Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar. View Order |
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01/27/2003
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General Order 03-05 IT IS ORDERED that all pending Chapter 7 and 11 cases, and any related Adversary
Proceedings on Calendar “B” are reassigned to Judge Pamela S. Hollis. View Order |
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01/13/2003
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General Order 03-02 IT IS ORDERED that all Chapter 13 cases and related Adversary Proceedings pending before Judge William Altenberger where the domicile, residence, principal place of business or principal assets of the person or entity is Cook County are reassigned to Calendar “A”.
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12/11/2002
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Chapter 13 Form Fee Application |
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10/10/2002
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General Order 02-16 IT IS ORDERED that all pending Cook County Chapter 13 cases, and any related Adversary Proceedings, on the calendar of Judge Carol A. Doyle are reassigned to Judge Bruce W. Black.
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9/26/2002
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General Order 02-14 IT IS ORDERED that all pending Chapter 7 and 11 cases, and any related Adversary Proceedings, except the three cases listed below and any related Adversary Proceedings thereto, on the calendar of Judge Ronald Barliant are reassigned to Calendar B.
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07/02/2002
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General Order 02-08 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Northern District of Illinois shall be closed on Friday, July 5, 2002.
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06/17/2002
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Network Outage June 21, 2002 Internet access to case document images will not be available for part, perhaps all of this coming weekend. Access to case documents will cease at approximately 9:00pm on Friday, June 21 at 9:00pm.
Best case - services maybe restored early morning Saturday. Worst case - services may not be restored until sometime Sunday, June 23, 2002. You may wish to try to connect from time to time. |
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04/11/2002
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General Order 02-05 The Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference is scheduled for May 6 and 7, 2002. Therefore, the Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois will not be sitting on May 6 and May 7, 2002. View Order |
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03/26/2002
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General Order 02-04 IT IS ORDERED that General Order No. 02-02 dated March 26, 2002 regarding the assignment
of Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 cases is amended to provide that Judge Robert Ginsberg will no longer be assigned any new Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 cases, or related adversary proceedings. View Order |
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03/26/2002
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General Order 02-03 IT IS ORDERED that all pending Lake County Chapter 7 cases, all pending Chapter
13 cases, and any related Adversary Proceedings, except the cases listed below and any
related Adversary Proceedings thereto, on the calendar of Judge Ronald Barliant are
reassigned to Judge Jack B. Schmetterer.
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02/26/2002
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Model Chapter 13 Plan (03/01/02 Revision) |
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09/05/2001 |
Evidence Presentation Equipment Demonstration The U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of Illinois would like to host a weekly demonstration of our Evidence Presentation equipment.
The demonstration will be held in Courtroom 760, once a week on Thursdays between 1:00pm - 3:00pm. The demonstration is by appointment only. |
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09/04/2001
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Model Chapter 13 Plan (Revised 9/04/01) |
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06/01/2001 |
Internet Access Fee Due to certain technical difficulties the court will not commence billing for access
to case document images until September 4, 2001. In the meantime, we will
continue to keep the billing structure in place to help you become acquainted with
the new screens.
Important Notice Effective Monday, September 4, 2001, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois will charge a fee of $.07 per page for users accessing public records in individual cases through the court’s Internet site. The access fee of $.07 per page will apply to electronic dockets and imaged documents. Access to other areas of the court’s Website, i.e., local rules, court forms, news items, court calendars, opinions,etc. will remain available at no cost. The fee applies to the United States. As of September 4, 2001, users will need a PACER account to gain access to electronic dockets and imaged documents. Users of our dial-in service can continue to use the login and password previously issued to them. If you do not have a PACER account, link to http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/register.html or call the PACER Service Center at (800) 676-6856 to obtain a PACER Registration Form. It takes about a week to receive a login and password from the PACER Service Center. The court may, for good cause, exempt persons or classes of persons from the fees, in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to such information. Exemptions may be granted as the exception, not as the rule. The exemption language is intended to accommodate those users who might otherwise not have access to the information in this electronic form. It is not intended to provide a means by which a court would exempt all users. Requests for exemptions should be directed to Chief Judge Susan Pierson Sonderby. The access fee of $.07 per page was adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States at it’s September 1998 meeting. |
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05/22/2001
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Cook County Treasurer Request for PIN Number The Office of the Cook County Treasurer has informed the Bankruptcy
Court that property records can only be located by the property index number
(PIN), not by owner’s name or property address. Real estate tax sales may
go forward after bankruptcies are filed unless that office gets notice of the PIN
number (shown on tax bill for each real estate parcel) along with notice of the
bankruptcy filing.
In order to avoid tax sales and the additional cost to set them aside, PIN numbers for each parcel of real estate for which a tax debt is due should be listed as the “account number” called for on Schedule “D”. All correspondence with the Office of the County Treasurer, including notice of the bankruptcy filing, should state the PIN number for each real estate parcel affected. May 18, 2001 |
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05/14/2001
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General Order 01-04 Trustees' Exemption from Public Access Fees
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03/30/2001
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Bankruptcy Help Desk Beginning Thursday, April 5, 2001 (and every Thursday thereafter) help is available at
The Dirksen Federal Courthouse 219 S. Dearborn St. – Room 622 The Help Desk is open from 11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. Sponsored by the Pro Bono Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee |
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03/30/2001
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State Court Relief for Tax Sales Conducted in Violation of the Automatic Stay The Office of the Cook County Treasurer has informed the Bankruptcy
Court that it will undertake to obtain a sale-in-error determination from the
State Court with respect to any tax sale conducted after a bankruptcy case
was filed by or against the legal or beneficial owner of the property. See 35
ILCS 200/21-310.
Requests should be made to the Office of the County Treasurer
Cook County, Illinois
Attention: Martha A. Mills, Chief Legal Counsel 118 North Clark Street, Room 212 Chicago, IL 60602. This procedure may be more efficient and less expensive than proceeding to enforce the automatic stay. March 29, 2001 |
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03/22/2001
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Adjustment of Dollar Amounts, effective April 1, 2001 |
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03/15/2001
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General Order 01-02 Bankruptcy Judges for Northern District of Illinois will not be sitting on May 21-22, 2001
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02/13/2001 |
Requirement of Attorney Registration Number Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 400(B) the U. S. Bankruptcy Court will require the
Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission identification number
be included on all petitions, pleadings and other paper offered for filing. Clerk’s
office employees will use this number to identify attorneys in our case
management database. At present we use a combination of letters from the
attorney’s first name and last names. This has caused some confusion when two
attorneys have similar names. Using the Attorney identification number will
improve the accuracy of our database. We need your cooperation.
This is effective immediately. Thank you. Wayne E. Nelson Bankruptcy Clerk |
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02/01/2001
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Fee Schedule Changes |
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01/25/2001
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Pro hac vice admission fee reduced |
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01/03/2001 |
Amended Official Bankruptcy Form 7, Statement of Financial Affairs The Judicial Conference, at its September 2000 session, approved amendments to Official
Bankruptcy Form 7, the Statement of Financial Affairs. This form must be completed by the
debtor in every bankruptcy case.
The form has been amended to provide additional information requested by taxing authorities, pension fund supervisors, and governmental units charged with environmental protection and regulation. Four new questions have been added to the form. The new questions concern: • community property owned by a debtor and the debtor’s non-filing spouse or former
spouse (Question 16), • environmental information (Question 17), • any consolidated tax group of a corporate debtor (Question 24), and • the debtor’s contributions to any employee pension fund (Question 25). In addition, every corporate or partnership debtor and every individual or joint debtor who has been in business within six years before filing the petition must answer Questions 19-25. This is an enlargement of the two-year period previously specified. The instructions ontained in the form also have been amended to make it clear that individual or joint debtors who have not been in business, as defined in the form, within the six years prior to filing should not answer Questions 19 through 25 but proceed directly to the signature page of the form. The amended form is also available from the Internet at http://www.uscourts.gov/bankform/ . Alternatively, from “www.uscourts.gov,” click on “For Public Review,” scroll down and click on “Federal Rulemaking,” then click on “Official Bankruptcy Forms.” The amended form is effective now but bankruptcy forms publishers and software vendors will require a reasonable time to produce and distribute the new version. Until the new form becomes widely available, bankruptcy case trustees and creditors who need the additional information required by the form must request the debtor to furnish it separately, either at the meeting of creditors or by other means. |
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12/04/2000 |
Notice To Counsel |
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11/17/2000
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Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure will become effective December 1, 2000. |
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09/20/2000
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General Order 00-08 Reassignment of Kane County Calendar of Judge Robert E. Ginsberg
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08/03/2000
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General Order 00-03 Reassignment of Judge Lefkow’s Chapter 13 Cases
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07/20/2000 |
Western Division cases are available on the Internet |
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05/26/2000 |
Local Form Order 16,Order Setting Time to File Claims and Objections to Claims , has been revised. |
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02/25/2000 |
New Chapter 13 Fee Application and Order Attention attorneys in Chapter 13 cases: Effectively immediately, please begin using the new Chapter 13 Fee Application and Order, copies of which can be found at Form Orders Nos. 23 and 23a on the court's website.
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02/03/2000
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Local Form Order 13 has been Revised |
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01/10/2000 |
Announcement Regarding Chapter 13 Cases One of the goals of Chief Judge Sonderby is to take a fresh look at our processes and procedures to determine if they can be improved, streamlined or simplified by making greater use of our computers and the court's Web site.
One example is that some important case information does not appear on the Web site in chapter 13 cases, such as claimants, creditors and images of proof of claim forms. To increase the information available to our customers and reduce the flow of paper between the clerk's office and the standing trustees, the clerk's office will begin imaging proof of claim forms in chapter 13 cases, preparing and sending notices to creditors and other parties, and maintaining the claim's register on all chapter 13 cases filed on and after January 3, 2000. The standing trustees will continue to perform these functions on chapter 13 cases filed before this date. If a chapter 13 plan is submitted with the petition, the section 341 meeting date and confirmation hearing date will be assigned when the case is filed. Notices will be sent to all parties within a week of filing. A copy of the plan and a proof of claim form will be included with the notice. All claims will be recorded and imaged and available for viewing on our Web site (www.ilnb.uscourts.gov), To facilitate the docketing and imaging of the chapter 13 plan, please submit the plan as a separate document. Do not attach it to the petition. An original and 2 copies of the plan are required. If a petition is filed without a plan, but within the 15 days required by FRBP 3015(b), the section 341 meeting date and confirmation hearing date will be assigned and a notice sent to all parties within a week of the filing of the plan. Failure to file a plan timely in accordance with FRBP 3015(b) may result in the dismissal of the case. Kenneth S. Gardner Bankruptcy Clerk Northern District of Illinois |
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11/10/1999 |
Local Form Order 16 has been Revised |
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11/10/1999
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American Express and Discover Accepted |
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11/04/1999
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Local Bankruptcy Form Orders The Judges of the Bankruptcy Court have compiled a set of orders for use in Northern District Of Illinois Bankruptcy cases.
They are available in the FORMS section of the website under "LOCAL BANKRUPTCY FORM ORDERS". |
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09/28/1999
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Chapter 13 Trustee - Glenn Stearns Effective October 1, 1999, Glenn B. Stearns is appointed Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
All Pending Chapter 13 cases from the Counties of DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, and Will assigned to Standing Trustee Elaine Jensen and Standing Trustee Tom Vaughn, at the close of business September 30, 1999, will be reassigned to Glenn B. Stearns. All newly filed Chapter 13 cases in DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle and Will Counties will be assigned to Glenn B. Stearns. Mr. Stearns will maintain an office located at 4343 Commerce Court, Suite 120, Lisle, Illinois, 60532. His telephone number is (630) 577-1313. |
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09/28/1999
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Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse The Federal Courthouse building at 219 South Dearborn, Chicago has been renamed to the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse.
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09/02/1999 |
Customer Service Survey |
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07/22/1999 |
Chapter 13 Trustee - Elaine Jensen Due to the appointment of Elaine Jensen as Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, effective August 1, 1999, all pending Chapter 13 cases assigned to Jack McCullough, as of the close of business July 31, 1999, will be reassigned to Elaine Jensen.
All newly filed Chapter 13 cases for Judges Ginsberg, Katz, Squires and Doyle in Cook County will be assigned to Elaine Jensen. |
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06/30/1999 |
Chapter 13 Trustee - Thomas Vaughn Effective July 1, 1999 Thomas Vaughn is appointed Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, to replace Craig Phelps who is retiring.
All pending Chapter 13 cases assigned to Craig Phelps as of the close of business June 30, 1999 will be reassigned to Thomas Vaughn. All newly filed Chapter 13 cases for Judges Schmetterer, Barliant, Wedoff and Lefkow in Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle and Will counties will be assigned to Thomas Vaughn. All newly-filed Chapter 13 cases for Judges Ginsberg and Squires in Kane and DuPage counties will be assigned to Thomas Vaughn. |
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06/15/1999
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Judge's Opinions Available July 1, 1999 Effective July 1, 1999, All Written Opinions of the Judges of the Bankruptcy Court will be posted on the court's Web Site.
The opinions are located under the specific Judge's page on the Web Site and may be viewed and downloaded in PDF or WordPerfect format. |
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06/11/1999 |
Minute Order Form The updated Minute Order Form is now available in the Forms section of the website.
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12/01/1998
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Drop Box |
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