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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.
Mon, 08/11/2014
In response to customer feedback, we have created an event titled, "Joinder". The event is listed in the Other category of the Bankruptcy and Adversary menus. The event requires you to relate to a previously -filed event. We also modified the Motion...
Thu, 08/07/2014
Some PACER functions will be down for critical maintenance beginning 6:00 P.M. Central Time on Thursday, August 7, 2014.
During maintenance, some functions will be intermittently unavailable.
All PACER services will be down from 8:00 A.M. to...
Mon, 08/04/2014
The Court has developed a new self help service "SmartHelp.” SmartHelp will replace the Court's Frequently Asked Questions, FAQs. SmartHelp is designed to deliver an answer to a question with fewer clicks and without reading through many questions...
Sun, 07/27/2014
The scheduled CMECF and website outage has ended. You may resume
filing new case documents or view website information at this time.
Use the following link to access the E-File server:
https://ecf.ilnb....
Fri, 07/18/2014
Due to a total building power outage of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse most electronic services will be unavailable from Friday evening, July 25, 2014, 4:00 PM through, Sunday, July 27, 2014, approximately, 6:00 PM.
During this period access to a...
Thu, 07/10/2014
For Chicago Calendar:
As of September 1, 2014, Judge Black will not be sitting on Thursdays.
For Joliet Calendar:
As of September 1, 2014, Joliet Court Chapter 7 Motions will be heard at 9:00 am
Tue, 07/01/2014
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois has a panel of volunteer attorneys to represent indigent parties on a pro bono basis in discrete adversary proceedings and contested matters. We are in need of volunteer attorneys to...
Mon, 06/30/2014
The number of case management teams in the Eastern Division (Chicago) will change from 5 to 4. This will cause a change in the way cases are assigned to each team. Currently the cases are assigned according to the last digit of the bankruptcy number...
Mon, 06/23/2014
The Court is pleased to announce a new service. You can now get the Court Calendar on the go, via a smartphone. Click here for details.
Thu, 06/19/2014
Judge Lynch will implement revised procedures for ILNB-Western Division (Rockford) effective August 1, 2014.
Please click the attached link to view the revised procedures.