During the weekend of August 23, 2013 - August 25, 2013 the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse will experience significant power outage. Most, if not all, of the building will be without electrical power commencing Friday afternoon August 23 at 4:00pm. Power will not be restored until Sunday, the 25th, at approximately 2:00pm.

E-Filing, CM/ECF , will be removed from service Friday afternoon, the 23rd, at 4:00 PM and will be unavailable for the duration of power outage. Please exit the system no later than 4:00 PM.

During the outage our replica site will provide case information for reference purposes only, no docketing, no updates. The court's normal Website will be unavailable during this outage, but a temporary website
will be available.