Individuals who live in the Northern District of Illinois filing Chapter 7 or Chapter 13. eSR is not for filings by corporations or other business entities.

eSR can be accessed from any computer or tablet with an Internet connection by visiting our eSR homepage or by clicking here.

Complete Contact Us to obtain an email reply, or call the Bankruptcy Clerk’s Office at (312) 408-5000. You may reach us Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except federal holidays.
The bankruptcy court cannot provide legal advice

No, eSR is available only for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings.

You must have an Internet-enabled computer or tablet with the pop-up blockers disabled. eSR will not work from a smart phone. You will also need Adobe Reader, version 8 or higher. Recommended browsers are the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Safari. You must also have a printer.

You have at least 45 days to complete the eSR petition. It may be done at one time or over several sessions. If you do not submit the petition package to the court, it will be deleted 45 days after your last login.

Exempt property is property that is taken out of the bankruptcy estate and kept by an individual debtor. The availability and amount of property the debtor may claim as exempt depends on the state the debtor lives in. In some states, the debtor has a choice between a specified federal list of exemptions and the exemptions provided by the state

https://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/Bankruptcy/BankruptcyBasics/Glossary.aspx

PACER refers to Public Access Court Electronic Records.  Pacer allows one to view case information at a cost. In essence you need a PACER account to see what you filed in ECF. The acronym ECF refers to the Electronic Case Filing system.  ECF allows attorneys and limited filer’s access to filing their documents directly with the court 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  Gaining account access to ECF is also determined by each court in the Federal System.

Permission given by the court to a person to file a case without payment of the required court fees because the person cannot pay them.

https://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/Bankruptcy/BankruptcyBasics.aspx

The contact information can be found on the Notice of Bankruptcy Case. Also, you can contact the Bankruptcy Clerks Office Public Service Help Desk at (312) 435-5694.

A trustee is the representative of the bankruptcy estate who exercises statutory powers, principally for the benefit of the unsecured creditors, under the general supervision of the court and the direct supervision of the U.S. trustee or bankruptcy administrator. The trustee is a private individual or corporation appointed in all chapter 7, chapter 12, and chapter 13 cases and some chapter 11 cases. The trustee’s responsibilities include reviewing the debtor’s petition and schedules and bringing actions against creditors or the debtor to recover property of the bankruptcy estate. In chapter 7, the trustee liquidates property of the estate and makes distributions to creditors. Trustees in chapter 12 and 13 have duties similar to those of a chapter 7 trustee and the additional responsibilities of overseeing the debtor’s plan, receiving payments from debtors, and disbursing plan payments to creditors

ILNB went live as of May 24, 2021, you will be able to use your upgraded PACER username and password as a single sign on for both systems: PACER and CM/ECF.

For NextGen CM/ECF filings, individual PACER Accounts are required for all Attorney filers.

Yes. Users have the option to remove their account from a PACER Administrative Account (PAA). To do so:

1. Login to Manage My Account
2. Select Remove Your PACER Account from a PAA on the Settings tab
3. Enter a brief remark and click Submit

PACER Case Search Privileges will be made temporarily deactivated during this process. To reactivate after updating your account information, please contact the PACER Service Center at 800-676-6856 or pacer@psc.uscourts.gov or have your new firm administrator add you to their PAA.

Client code requirements are automatically applied to new accounts added to a PACER Administrative Account and any prior client code.

No. Your PACER Login will provide you access to all NextGen CM/ECF courts in which you are registered and have electronic filing privileges.

You must continue to use your court-issued CM/ECF login and password for all courts which have not gone live on NextGen.

Go to www.ilnb.uscourts.gov then select (CM/ECF and PACER Login). This will redirect you into the new PACER login screen.

Sorry we cannot remove any opinions. Opinions, orders, documents, party information, claims, and other case information are public record. The judicial system is public, and the orders and decisions entered are public.

On rare occasions opinions on the website may be updated by chambers to correct very minor items, such as a spelling or a typographical error.  The content remains the same.

• If you have a PACER account, you can search using the PACER Party Case Index.
• You can visit the courthouse and use a public terminal
• If you know the social security number, you can use the McVCIS system.
• You can also contact the court via the contact form.

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