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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.
Tue, 11/24/2009
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.
The...
Wed, 11/18/2009
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...
Thu, 11/12/2009
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 for...
Mon, 11/02/2009
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.
Fri, 10/02/2009
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 after...
Wed, 09/30/2009
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.
From Friday 4:...
Thu, 09/17/2009
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.
Wed, 08/19/2009
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 new form immediately.
Fri, 08/14/2009
The court will be installing a new version of CM/ECF the weekend of August 21 - 22, Version 3.3.2. To accomplish this CM/ECF will be removed from service at 4:00 P.M., Friday, August 21st. Service is expected to be restored by Saturday afternoon or...
Thu, 08/13/2009
We understand that many users of the court's electronic filing systems have experienced performance issues over the past months.
The court, working with elements of national system support, has developed a plan to move to a new processing platform....