19th Judicial Circuit Court, Lake County, Illinois Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCriminal cases

Proposed voir dire questions must be submitted to the court before jury selection and along with any motions in limine.

The parties shall submit their proposed voir dire questions in writing to the court prior to jury selection along with any motions in limine.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Non-routine motions—those whose adverse denial would substantially impair the movant’s ability to try the case—must be filed at least 21 days before trial and will be stricken if filed within 21 days of trial.

All non-routine motions must be filed not less than 21 days before trial. A non-routine motion is one where an adverse ruling would substantially impair the movant’s ability to try the case. Any non-routine motion filed within 21 days of trial will be stricken as untimely.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Where practicable, pre-trial motions must be filed timely and heard before the trial call.

Where practicable, all pre-trial motions, including motions to suppress, motions to dismiss, motions for section 115-10 hearings, etc., must be filed in a timely manner and heard prior to the trial call. See Local Rule 9-1.06.

WARNINGCriminal cases

The moving party must call a filed motion for hearing within 60 days of filing, or the court may consider it denied for delay.

The “burden of calling for hearing any motion previously filed is on the party making the motion. If any such motion is not called for hearing within sixty (60) days from the date it is filed, the Court may consider the motion denied by reason of delay.” Local Rule 2-1.01(L).