Circuit Court of Gallatin County, Illinois (2nd Judicial Circuit) Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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When the Clerk’s office is open, a complaint or petition seeking specified ex parte relief must be filed with the Clerk before application is made to a judge.

Every complaint or petition seeking ex parte issuance of a temporary restraining order, an order for preliminary injunction, an order for appointment of a receiver or an order of ne exeat republica shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, if that office is open, before application is made to a judge for the order.

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Discovery portions reasonably anticipated to be used at trial or needed for a motion must be filed at the start of trial or when the motion is filed.

If interrogatories, requests, answers, responses or depositions are to be used at trial or are necessary to a motion, the portions to be used shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court at the outset of the trial or at the filing of the motion, insofar as their use reasonably can be anticipated.

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A party filing a pleading by leave of court or under the specified endangerment or withdrawal exceptions must immediately present it to the trial judge for a hearing setting.

Any party filing a pleading by leave of court or referred to in 2.(c) or (d.) above shall immediately cause it to be presented to the trial judge for setting of hearing .

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Noncompliant summonses, notices, and court-date orders are subject to e-filing rejection.

Summonses, notices, and court orders setting court dates that are not in compliance with this provision shall be subject to e-file rejection.

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Noncompliant summonses, notices, and court-date orders are subject to e-file rejection.

Summonses, notices, and court orders setting court dates that are not in compliance with this provision shall be subject to e-file rejection.

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When seeking relief concerning discovery materials, the disputed portions must be filed with the Clerk contemporaneously with the motion.

If relief is sought concerning any deposition, interrogatory, request for production or inspection, request for admission, answer to interrogatory or response to request for admission, copies of the portion of the deposition, interrogatory, request, answer or response in dispute shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court contemporaneously with any motion.

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Anticipated discovery materials to be used at trial or needed for a motion must be filed with the Clerk at the outset of trial or when the motion is filed.

If interrogatories, requests, answers, responses, or depositions are to be used at trial or are necessary to a motion, the portions to be used shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court at the outset of the trial or at the filing of the motion, insofar as their use reasonably can be anticipated.

WARNING

The parties must choose a mediator within seven days; if they cannot agree, each must submit three proposed mediators to the presiding judge within the following seven days.

The parties shall choose a mediator within seven (7) days. In the event that the parties are unable to agree upon a mediator within said time period, within seven (7) days thereafter, each party shall submit a list of three (3) proposed mediators to the judge presiding who shall assign a mediator from the lists submitted.

WARNING

The Clerk must prioritize written remote-appearance motions and forward them to the presiding judge for a ruling.

All written Motions shall be given priority and forwarded to the attention of the presiding judge by the Clerk of the Court for ruling on said Motion.

WARNING

Discovery papers not already in the record that are needed for an appeal must be filed with the Clerk upon application to an order of the court.

When documentation of discovery not previously in the record is needed for appeal purposes, upon an application to an order of the court, the necessary discovery papers shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court.

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A summary-judgment motion may not be heard earlier than ten days after service of its notice of motion.

A motion for summary judgment shall not be heard sooner than ten days after service of the notice of motion pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 11.

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Parties must file financial affidavits and pre-mediation questionnaires with the clerk at least seven days before the expedited or initial case-management conference.

The parties shall also file financial affidavits and pre-mediation questionnaires with the clerk at least 7 days prior to the expedited or initial case management conference.

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Deadline

48 hours

A written motion requesting permission to appear remotely must be filed at least 48 hours before the relevant court date, excluding weekends and holidays.

Said written Motion shall be filed not less than 48 hours prior to the court date for which the permission is being requested, excluding weekends and holidays.

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Mediators must file a statistical report on the prescribed form with the Trial Court Administrator at least quarterly.

All mediators shall file a statistical report on a prescribed form with the Trial Court Administrator at least quarterly.

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Unless either side files an intent to repudiate the agreement before the Continued Case Management Conference (or within 10 days, if the Continued Case Management Conference is less than 10 days after the mediation), the agreement shall be presented for approval at the Continued Case Management Conference.

Unless either side files an intent to repudiate the agreement before the Continued Case Management Conference (or within 10 days, if the Continued Case Management Conference is less than 10 days after the mediation), the agreement shall be presented for approval at the Continued Case Management Conference.

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The mediator must file the report in the case file within 14 days after the last day of mediation.

The report shall be signed by the mediator and filed in the court file of the case under mediation within 14 days after the last day of mediation.

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Deadline

48 hours

A written motion requesting permission to appear remotely must be filed at least 48 hours before the relevant court date, excluding weekends and holidays, and the request applies only to that court date unless the judge grants otherwise.

2. File a written Motion with the Clerk of the Court requesting permission from the presiding judge to appear remotely. Said written Motion shall be filed not less than 48 hours prior to the court date for which the permission is being requested, excluding weekends and holidays. All requests seeking approval to appear remotely shall be court date specific and shall not be intended to apply to all future court dates, unless otherwise granted by the presiding judge.