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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.
Wed, 09/25/2013
In order to comply with District Court Local Rule 3.1, EFilers should include a Civil Cover Sheet as an attachment to any Notice of Appeal, Notice of Appeal and Motion for Leave to Appeal, or Withdrawal of Reference. The Civil Cover Sheet can...
Thu, 09/19/2013
Effective Monday, September 23, 2013, order confirming chapter 13 plan will be replaced with the revised Order Confirming Plan to reflect the docket no. of the last chapter 13 plan filed rather than the date of filing....
Tue, 09/17/2013
Judge Schmetterer will not be sitting Wednesday, September 18, 2013 (Chapter 13 Call). Judge Doyle will hear his call on this day in courtroom 742.
Judge Schmetterer will not be sitting September 23-27, 2013 (Monday-Friday). His call will be heard...
Thu, 09/12/2013
The court experienced a brief outage this morning, 09/12/13, commencing at approximately 9:30 AM, resolved at 10:00 AM.
Our apologies for any inconvenience you may have experienced.
Sun, 08/25/2013
The scheduled outage has ended. All Court electronic services, including CMECF and our external website, have been restored. You may resume filing new case documents at this time.
Wed, 08/21/2013
Effective August 21, 2013 the following Motion Events have been redesigned with more user-friendly text and to prevent errors that require refiling.
Motion to Allow Claim
Motion to Modify Claim
Motion to Disallow Claim
If you have any...
Tue, 08/20/2013
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...
Wed, 07/10/2013
GENERAL ORDER NO. 13-1
REGARDING FLAT FEES FOR DEBTOR'S COUNSEL IN CHAPTER 13 CASES
Effective July 10, 2013
Thu, 06/27/2013
Effective June 27, 2013, we have combined the Plan and Modified Plan events for each chapter in a
single event. If you should choose the wrong option within the event, we will edit the docket and no
refiling will be required. Please note the new...
Wed, 06/26/2013
On Saturday, June 29, 2013, the court will be performing important system maintenance on the CMECF system.
A short CMECF service outage is expected from 7:00 AM CDT to approximately 8:00 AM CDT.