11th Judicial Circuit Court, Livingston County, Illinois Electronic Filing Rules

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The responsible attorney must email all documents to the Judge or electronically file them for the judge’s electronic inbox.

The responsible attorney will then email all documents to the Judge or electronically file them for placement in the judge’s electronic inbox.

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Applies to

Summons notice motion or other document

Summonses, notices, motions, and other documents may not be filed by facsimile, email, or other electronic transmission.

Filing of any summons, notice, motion or other document via facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmission methods is not allowed.

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Filings may not be made by fax or email unless the court grants leave.

No filing of any summons, petition, notice, motion or other document may be made in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit via facsimile (fax) or email absent leave of the court.

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Applies to

Transcript

A party intending to offer evidence-deposition testimony must electronically file the transcript before final pre-trial or as directed by the court.

Any party intending to offer testimony by way of evidence deposition shall be responsible for e-filing the transcript prior to final pre-trial or as directed by the court.

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Documents must be e-filed unless a party or case type is exempt under the stated exceptions.

In all cases, except where the party has been granted an exemption under SCR 9 (c)(4) or where the case type is specifically exempted from this requirement by the Supreme Court or exempted by local court practice, all documents must be filed electronically (e-filed), and the following rules apply within the Eleventh Judicial Circuit:

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Applies to

Document requiring statutory filing fee

A document requiring a statutory filing fee to achieve valid filing status must be e-filed in the same manner as any other e-filed document.

The e-filing of a document requiring payment of a statutory filing fee to the Clerk of the Court in order to achieve valid filing status shall be filed electronically in the same manner as any other e-filed document.

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Civil cases must be electronically filed, except Will Filing cases and cases filed by specified inmates.

All civil cases with the exception of WI (Will Filing) and cases filed by Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) inmates or inmates of a local county adult detention center, shall be electronically filed in accordance with the Illinois Supreme Court Electronic Filing Standards and Principles and Eleventh Judicial Circuit Rule 9.

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Applies to

Order

Orders may be signed through the electronic filing system.

Judges may sign orders either through the electronic filing system or by having the attorneys or parties submit orders via email to the judge.

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Applies to

Demonstratives and referenced exhibits

Demonstratives and referenced exhibits that were not otherwise offered may be filed as part of the electronic exhibit record.

Demonstratives and other exhibits referenced (but not otherwise offered) may be filed and made part of the electronic exhibit record in the same manner as described herein.

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The Court may authorize electronic filing for additional case types by written Administrative Order with the Director’s approval.

From time to time, with the approval of the Director of the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts, the Court may authorize, by written Administrative Order, additional types of cases to be processed via electronic filing.

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Applies to

Order

Orders entered through the electronic filing system need not be printed and automatically appear in the court file.

Orders entered through the electronic filing system do not need to be printed and will automatically appear in the court file.