After 5:00 PM, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 the court will commence the upgrade to a new telephone system.  This means that the court will not be able to accept any inbound calls after 5:00 PM and until the upgrade is complete.  Completion is expected between 10:00 PM to Midnight.  This upgrade should have no other impact upon its customers.

Coincidental to the telephone system upgrade the U. S. Bankruptcy Court will change its main telephone number, 312 435-5694.  The old number will remain active, but the court will update its published number to 312 408-5000.

Thank you for your attention.

Scheduled CMECF maintenance done as of April 27 2013 12:05 PM CDT. You may resume viewing or filing new case documents at this time.

CMECF will be removed from service at 4:00 PM CDT on Friday, April 26, 2013 for scheduled maintenance. The outage will affect filing of documents. The outage should be over by April 27, 2013 at appropriately 12:00 PM CDT  ( time updated: previously  2:00 PM) and services restored.

Viewing of documents and case information can be done via a PACER account on our Replica site at the same URL - https://ecf.ilnb.uscourts.gov/.  UPDATE NOTE: Due to extended processing times, the Replica site's availability  has changed and now should be operational starting at approximately  8:00-9:00 PM CDT (previously 5:30-6:30 PM) on Friday.

Another list service email will be sent when all services are available.

View Updated Schedule of Fees - 28 U.S.C. 1930.

All systems have been restored.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

On Saturday, April 13th, beginning at 6:00 AM we will perform system maintenance. CM/ECF, PACER, Public Website, and training registration will be unavailable.

Services are expected to be restored around 2pm. We will send a list serve message when systems are available.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

The opportunity for attorneys to provide pro bono representation in bankruptcy matters through the court's Volunteer Attorney Panel has been expanded to include matters heard in Kane County and Rockford, Illinois.

The Volunteer Attorney Panel consists of attorneys willing to represent pro se parties (mostly debtors but sometimes creditors) in bankruptcy cases. Representation is limited to adversary proceedings and contested matters – matters requiring litigation skills that pro se parties lack. No panel member is asked to file a bankruptcy case, complete schedules and similar forms, or attend a meeting of creditors.

The program is also voluntary. Panel members are never required to accept representation in a particular matter and may decline a request for representation because of a conflict of interest or for any other reason.

If you are not a current member and are interested in joining the panel, complete the short questionnaire available at http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov/VAP/volform.cfm.