The "Required Statement to Accompany Motions for Relief from Stay" form has been revised, effective August 18, 2009, which now requires post-petition payment history in Chapter 13 cases. Please begin using this...
News & Announcements
Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Due to a variety of issues, the CM/ECF outage planned for this weekend has been postponed. The system will be available throughout the weekend without any interruptions. The planned outage will be re-scheduled for a later date.
September 17, 2009
On Friday, October 2nd 2009 CM/ECF at 4:00 PM CDT CM/ECF will be upgraded to a new hardware platform. This upgrade, among many things, will address the performance issues many have experienced with the recent increase in case filings.
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September 30, 2009
Effective the week of October 12, 2009, Judge Wedoff will begin hearing all matters in his Chapter 7 cases and Chapter 11 cases on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at his regularly scheduled times.
Effective immediately, all new motions to be heard...
October 2, 2009
Judge Squires to resume holding court in Courtroom 680 (Chicago call only) on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 9:00 AM.
The repairs necessitated by the recent water leak in the Dirksen Building have been significantly completed.
November 2, 2009
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 Friday, November 27, 2009 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Any matter previously set...
November 12, 2009
Several new and amended forms are effective December 1, 2009. Many of the forms have been revised to conform to the time deadlines contained in Bankruptcy Rule 1007. We are in the process of editing the forms to be PDF fillable and will have that...
November 18, 2009
The Official Bankruptcy Forms listed below will change due to automatic adjustment of dollar amounts as required in various provisions of Bankruptcy Code 11 USC §104. For additional information regarding the affected...
March 15, 2013
The Bankruptcy Court Liaison committee cordially invites you to attend the 2009 holiday party.
Please see the attached invitation for further information.
November 24, 2009
Among the time-computation amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that will take effect on December 1, 2009, are changes to 12 rules that will result in a reduction by one day (from 15 to 14 days) of the time to take action....
November 24, 2009