Circuit Court of Cook County Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCivil cases

Emergency motions filed before 10am the preceding day are heard as add-ons the next day at 10:00am.

Matters alleged to require emergency scheduling will be heard as add-ons on the 10:00am call the day after the filing of the emergency motion, if filed before 10am the preceding day.

CRITICALCivil cases

Proposed orders must be emailed to the Court on the day the case is on the call; failure to do so may result in involuntary dismissal for want of prosecution (DWP).

All proposed orders must be sent to the Court on the day the subject case was before the Court. Failure to submit an order to the Court on the date the subject case was on the call may result in the case being involuntarily dismissed for want of prosecution. (i.e. DWP)

CRITICALCivil cases

Emergency motions must be filed with the Clerk before any hearing date and time is scheduled.

Emergency Motions must be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court before any hearing date and time will be scheduled.

CRITICAL

All orders must be emailed by noon on the day of the party's court appearance.

All orders must be sent by 12:00 PM (noon) on the day of the party’s court appearance.

CRITICALCivil cases

All parties must be present by 9:00 a.m. on trial day; arrival after 9:30 a.m. may result in dismissal or default judgment.

All jury trials are conducted in person in Courtroom 1503 of the Daley Center. All attorneys and parties must check-in and be present by 9:00 a.m. on the day of trial. Arrival later than 9:30 a.m. for a scheduled trial may result in the case being dismissed for want of prosecution or the entry of an ex parte judgment.

CRITICALCivil cases

Proposed court orders must be submitted to the courtroom by noon on your court date.

Proposed court orders from matters heard on the Court's morning call are due by noon on the day of your court date.

CRITICAL

The Court will not enter orders emailed after 3:00 p.m. on the date the case was heard.

The Court will not enter orders sent after 3:00 p.m. of the date on which the case was heard.

CRITICALCivil cases

Orders to be entered that week must be submitted to the Calendar 53 e-mail by noon each Thursday.

All orders to be entered that week should be submitted to the Calendar 53 e-mail address (ccc.mfmlcalendar53@cookcountyil.gov) by noon each Thursday.

CRITICALCivil cases

All motions must be set for hearing in the Clerk’s office, Room 802, on the correct call; otherwise they will not be heard.

All motions must be set for hearing in the Clerk’s office, Room 802. Motions that are not properly set on the correct call will not be heard.

CRITICALCivil cases

Emergency motions seeking next-court-day hearing must be presented for scheduling no later than 3:30 p.m. the preceding court day; emergency motions will not be scheduled for Thursday hearings.

A party who seeks to have an emergency motion heard on the next court day must present the emergency motion for scheduling no later than 3:30 p.m. on the preceding day, or earlier if General Administrative Order No. 2018-5 so requires, or if the “preceding day” is a Wednesday, as no motions will be scheduled for a Thursday hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Proposed court orders must be emailed by 2:00 p.m. on the same day they are heard.

Parties are responsible for tendering proposed Court Orders (in Microsoft Word format via email to CHANCERY.CALENDAR13@COOKCOUNTYIL.GOV) the same day they are heard by 2:00 p.m.

CRITICALCivil cases

After hearings, the parties are required to deliver to the Court an Order in .pdf format memorializing the Court’s ruling no later than 5:00 PM CT on the day of your hearing, unless otherwise directed by the Court.

After hearings, the parties are required to deliver to the Court an Order in .pdf format memorializing the Court’s ruling no later than 5:00 PM CT on the day of your hearing, unless otherwise directed by the Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Emergency motions must be emailed to Calendar B by 4:00 p.m. to be heard at 9:15 a.m. the next day.

Emergency Motions with a proposed Order must be submitted via email (with notice to all parties) to Calendar B email account by 4:00 p.m. to be heard at 9:15 a.m. the next day.

CRITICALCivil cases

Routine motions and 'Routine Order' draft orders may be submitted at 8:45 a.m. Monday-Friday by email or to the basket outside Courtroom 2202.

Routine Motions and accompanying Orders (marked as “Routine Order”) may be noticed and submitted at 8:45AM Monday-Friday to the calendar B email address or to the basket outside Courtroom 2202.

CRITICALCivil cases

Motions requesting permission to exceed page limits must be filed before the pertinent filing deadline.

Motions to file a brief in excess of these limitations must be filed in advance of the filing deadline.

CRITICALCivil cases

Emergency motions must be submitted no later than 10:00 AM.

Emergency Motions with a proposed Order must be submitted by 10:00 AM via email and include an introductory paragraph stating the grounds for the emergency.

CRITICAL

Settlement petitions must not be filed until the Court approves them.

Petitions must not be filed until approved by the Court.

CRITICAL

Proposed orders must be submitted by 4 p.m. on the day of the court appearance.

Please send proposed orders in Word form by 4 p.m. on the day of your Court appearance.

CRITICALCivil cases

Proposed orders must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the remote proceeding.

Orders must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. of the day of the proceeding.

CRITICALCivil cases

Emergency motions must be submitted by 1:00 PM the day before desired presentment, with file-stamped copies of motion, exhibits, and complaint; notice to opposing parties required.

A party must submit a file-stamped copy of the emergency motion, any exhibits, and the complaint setting forth the underlying cause of action to the Court and request a hearing no later than 1:00 p.m. on the day before desired presentment. Once file-stamped courtesy copies are received, the Court will review the matter and set a hearing date. The movant must provide notice to the opposing parties or their counsel. Emergency motions should not be spindled for presentment.

CRITICALCivil cases

Each party must submit trial materials to chambers by 2:00 p.m. on the date specified in the trial order.

Each party is responsible for the submission of trial materials to chambers by 2:00 p.m. on the date set in the trial order.

CRITICALCivil cases

No jury instructions beyond those submitted with the trial materials will be accepted, except for good cause and with leave of court, after noon on the day plaintiff rests his/her case in chief.

No jury instructions beyond those submitted with the trial materials will be accepted, except for good cause and with leave of court, after noon on the day plaintiff rests his/her case in chief;

CRITICALCriminal cases

Motions for Relief must be filed prior to presentation in court, with electronic filings deemed filed upon acceptance rather than receipt.

Motions for Relief from Orders entered under 110-5, 110-6, and 110-6.1 must be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County's Main Office on the 5th Floor of the Administrative Building, or electronically through the Clerk's eFile system with acceptance (not just receipt) acknowledged, prior to presentation in court, and the parties must comply with Illinois Supreme Court Rule 11, and Cook County Circuit Court Rule 2.1(c)(i), regarding notice.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

2 business days

Routine motions with no objection will be entered within 2 business days of submission.

Routine Motions will be entered within 2 business days of submission.

CRITICALCivil cases

Emergency motions are presented Monday-Friday at 11:00 a.m., movant must email the efiled motion to Court for presentment.

Emergency Motions will be presented Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. Counsel for movant shall email the Court the efiled Emergency Motion and noticed for presentment.

CRITICAL

Draft orders must be provided to the Court by close of business on the day of the court appearance.

All Draft Orders reflecting the Court’s rulings must be provided promptly to the Court for entry, no later than the close of business on the day of the Court appearance.

CRITICAL

Emergency motions received after 2:00 PM are handled the next business day.

Without exception, emergency motions received by the Court after the 2:00 PM cut off will be handled the next business day.

CRITICAL

On the business day before a court holiday, emergency motions must be submitted before noon; after noon they are handled the next business day.

Without exception, requests for an emergency motion hearing of any sort submitted to the Court for review on the business date immediately preceding a Court holiday are due to the Court before noon. Emergency motions received by the Court after the noon cut off on the business day immediately preceding a Court holiday will be handled the next business day (i.e., the business day after the Court holiday). If a Court holiday is on a Monday, the business day immediately preceding the Court holiday is the previous Friday.

CRITICAL

Proposed orders must be submitted by 5:00 PM the same day as the court proceeding.

Proposed orders to be submitted by the litigants to the Court following a court proceeding shall be submitted to the Court in Microsoft word format via email to calendar15.chancery@cookcountyil.gov no later than 5:00 PM the same day as the court proceeding. Failure to timely submit an order may result in the Court entering its own order without input from the parties, striking the matter, subjecting the case to dismissal for want of prosecution, and/or any other appropriate sanction at the Court’s discretion.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Motions for Relief must be filed with the Clerk's office for Courtroom 202 before presentation in court.

Motions for Relief from Orders entered under 110-5, 110-6, and 110-6.1 must be filed with the Clerk's office for Courtroom 202 prior to presentation in court

WARNINGCivil cases

Courtesy copies submitted after noon cannot be set for a same-day emergency hearing.

Courtesy copies sent after noon will never be set for a same-day hearing.

WARNINGCivil cases

Courtesy copies for TRO matters submitted after 4:30 p.m. are reviewed the next court day.

Please note that courtesy copies sent to the Court after 4:30 p.m. on a date certain will be reviewed the next day.

WARNINGCivil cases

Non-compliant courtesy copies may be rejected by the Court.

The Court may reject any courtesy copies not in compliance with this standing order.

WARNINGCivil cases

The regular motion call is at 10:30 a.m., unless a motion is routine, emergency, piggybacked, or otherwise scheduled by the Court.

Motions are heard at 10:30 a.m. This applies to all motions that are not routine, nor emergency, nor piggybacked, nor otherwise allowed in the Court’s discretion.

WARNINGCivil cases

If default is granted, a prove-up hearing is set on the 11:00 a.m. call.

If the Court grants the motion for default, a prove-up hearing will be scheduled on the 11:00 a.m. call at least

WARNINGCivil cases

Contested fully briefed motions are given a clerk's status at 9:30 a.m., conducted by email with no appearance needed.

When a briefing schedule is set on a contested motion, the Court will set a clerk’s status for the fully briefed motion at 9:30 a.m. b. The clerk’s status date is conducted entirely by email, with no need to appear in person or by Zoom.

WARNING

Courtesy copies emailed after 4:00 p.m. are considered received on the following business day.

Documents considered to be courtesy copies transmitted to the court's designated email address (ccc.mfmlcalendar63@cookcountyil.gov) after 4:00 p.m. will be considered received on the following BUSINESS DAY.

WARNINGCivil cases

Routine motions are accepted Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Routine motions and orders will be accepted off-call Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WARNING

The motion and notice of motion must be filed with the clerk's office only after obtaining a presentment date from the law clerk.

After obtaining a date from the law clerk, the motion and notice of motion shall be filed with the clerk’s office.

WARNING

A courtesy-copy email received after 5:00 p.m. is treated as received the next business day.

Documents considered to be Courtesy Copies transmitted to ccc.mfmlcalendar56@cookcountyil.gov after 5:00 p.m. will be considered received on the following BUSINESS DAY.

WARNINGCivil cases

Pre-trial submissions must be delivered one week before the pre-trial conference.

Pre-trial submissions are to be delivered one week before the conference.

WARNINGCivil cases

Orders returned for changes must be amended and emailed by 4:00 p.m. of the same business day.

Orders returned to 10J attorneys for changes are to be amended and emailed to the court and copied to the parties and the deputy clerk by 4:00p.m. of the same business day.

WARNINGCivil cases

Attorneys must place all orders in the 10J shared drive no later than one hour after court adjourns; the deputy clerk emails the link to the court by noon each workday.

Attorneys are to place all orders in the 10J share drive no later than an hour after court is adjourned, including during duty week. Each work day, before noon, the deputy clerk assigned to 10J will email to the court a link of all of the orders placed in the share drive from the prior court day.

WARNINGCivil cases

Proposed orders must be uploaded to the SharePoint 'Proposed Order' folder by 4:00 p.m. on the hearing day.

They are to be uploaded to Share Point "Proposed Order" folder no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day the matter is heard.

WARNING

Transfer requests will not be entertained or entered off call.

Transfer requests will not be entertained or entered "off call."

WARNINGCivil cases

Draft orders must be emailed to the Court promptly after the appearance and no later than close of business.

All draft orders reflecting the Court’s rulings must be provided promptly to the Court for entry via email to Martha-Victoria.Jimenez@cookcountyil.gov following the appearance before the Court but no later than the close of business.

WARNINGCivil cases

Routine orders will be entered without a hearing if no objection is received by 12:00 p.m. same day.

Absent receipt of an objection by 12:00 p.m. the same day, orders will be entered off call without appearance.

WARNINGCivil cases

The matter is set for a Clerk Status to be held on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday at 10:35 A.M. in Courtroom 2201.

A CLERK STATUS WILL BE HELD Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday _____________ at 10:35 A.M. in Courtroom 2201

WARNING

Emergency motion email submissions prior to 3:00 p.m. are reviewed that day; later submissions may not be reviewed until the next court day.

You must also attach a file-stamped courtesy copy of the motion marked "EMERGENCY MOTION" and all supporting documents, to the courtroom email prior to 3:00 p.m. or it may not be reviewed until the next following day when Court is in session.

WARNING

After Court approval, counsel may file the settlement petition and, if necessary, schedule a hearing date for presentment.

Once the petition has been approved, counsel may file the petition, and if necessary, a hearing date may be schedule for presentment.