IT IS ORDERED that the Administrative Order 12-08 dated May 15, 2012 is vacated as of the effective date of this order.

Administrative Order 12-09

Pending cases assigned to Judge Sonderby have been reassigned to Judge Timothy Barnes and Judge Janet Baer.

Chapter 13 Cases Transferred - Judge Sonderby to Judge Baer

Cases Transferred - Judge Sonderby to Judge Barnes, All Chapters

Chapter 13 Cases Reassigned - Judge Baer to Judge Barnes

Administrative Order 12-06 Reassignment of Judge Janet S. Baer's Chapter 13 Cases.

Administrative Order 12-07 Reassignment of Judge Susan Pierson Sonderby's Cases

Administrative Order 12-08 Assignment of Cases

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All services should now be available . Please let the court know if you continue to experience difficulty by calling the Court 's Main Number: (312) 435-5694 or by completing a customer contact form at : http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov/contact/contact2.cfm#contact.

Again, our apology for this most serious inconvenience.

A catastrophic failure has occurred within our District regarding telecommunications. At this time we can only advise that Court, Circuit, Judiciary and Service Provider technical staff is working on the trouble . We will continue to update in this manner and via Website announcements .  Though our service may appear to be available while the problem is being worked on, please be advised that we will send an "Official" message when service is restored. 

For your information , the following limits of what is available and what is not working :
CM/ECF is available for opening new cases and for docketing. Though you may open new cases and review "Dockets" you will not receive Notices of Electronic Filing (NEF); You must use your CM/ECF login to perform the foregoing. You can not view document images . Your PACER login will not work.
We apologize for the difficulty this unfortunate failure is causing and assure you that all efforts are being made to correct the trouble .

Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee Spring Newsletter now available for your reading pleasure.

Complete details at New Members Announcement

Relocation to the new U.S. Courthouse at 327 South Church Street, Rockford, Illinois has been delayed.
All court hearings will continue to be heard in the Federal Building, 211 South Court Street, Room 115, Rockford, Illinois until further notice.
Please continue to schedule matters for 211 South Court Street, Room 115, Rockford, Illinois until further notice.
An announcement will be made as soon as the new relocation date is determined.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

On Saturday, March 31, 2012 the court will be performing some very important system maintenance from 8:00 AM until 12:00 PM CDT. As a result most of the systems will be shutdown except CM/ECF for outside filers. https://ecf.ilnb.uscourts.gov
We appreciate your patience and understanding.

CMECF will be removed from service at 4:00 PM CDT on Friday, March 23, 2012 for scheduled maintenance. The outage will affect filing and viewing of document and case information. The outage should be over by appropriately 8:00 PM and services restored. Another list service email will be sent when the system is available.