Circuit Court of Alexander County, Illinois (1st Judicial Circuit) Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Depositions filed under Supreme Court Rule 414(d) must remain sealed until the court orders them opened.

Depositions filed in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 414(d) (incorporating Rule 207) shall remain sealed until ordered opened by the court.

CRITICAL

The clerk must file and seal the original pre-mediation questionnaires and later send copies to the appointed mediator.

The clerk shall file and seal the original pre-mediation questionnaires, copies of which shall later be sent to the appointed mediator.

WARNING

The assigned judge may remove covered previously filed materials and return them to the filer or order them sealed, and must make a docket entry either way.

At the discretion of the judge assigned to a case, previously filed materials which are subject to this rule may either be removed from the file and returned to the party filing them or ordered sealed. In either such event, the judge shall make an appropriate docket entry.