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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, 11/22/2016
Please note that beginning January 1st 2017, Judge Hollis' Chicago Schedule will be as follows.......
Original (new) motions in Chapter 7 and 11 Cases, involuntary petitions and in adversary proceedings
Original (New) Motions and Initial Status...
Mon, 11/21/2016
Commencing Friday February 3, 2017, Judge Hollis will hear the Joliet call as follows:
10:00 am Original Chapter 7, and 12 motions
10:15 am Continued Chapter 7, and 12 motions
10:30 am Original Chapter 13 Trustee Motions ONLY--If a responding...
Fri, 11/18/2016
On April 28, 2016, the Supreme Court adopted changes to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Civil, Criminal, and Bankruptcy Procedures which are scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2016.
The attachment is a summary of the proposed changes to the...
Fri, 11/18/2016
You’re invited to the Annual Bench-Bar Holiday Party.
Join us to wish Hon. Bruce W. Black well on his upcoming retirement.
Come and enjoy cocktails and appetizers with your colleagues from the Northern District of Illinois...
Tue, 11/15/2016
In order to permit more time with family and friends, in addition to the federal holiday of Thursday, November 24, 2016, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois will be closed on Friday, November 25, 2016. Any matter...
Mon, 11/14/2016
Please set your motions/adversary matters at the appropriate time slots per the below modified schedule.
Geneva Motion/Adversary Schedule
Chapter 13
Trustee Motions:
Original (New) Motions:
Set or Continued...
Tue, 11/08/2016
Please note that the Friday, April 7, 2017, date has been changed to Friday, March 31, 2017.
View Lake County Motion/Adversary Schedule
Tue, 11/01/2016
Several Official Bankruptcy Forms will be amended effective December 1, 2016. Forms 420A and 420B (Notice of Motion or Objection and Notice of Objection to Claim) will be amended to conform to the numbering scheme of the Forms Modernization Project...
Mon, 10/24/2016
Judge Lynch's Chapter 13 call will not be heard on December 2, 2016. Matters scheduled for that date will be heard on December 9, 2016. Any matters noticed for that date must be re-noticed...
Thu, 10/20/2016
Judge Cassling will not be sitting Tuesday, October 25, 2016. All motions and set matters have been reset to Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Motions and set matters reset for that date...