11th Judicial Circuit Court, Livingston County, Illinois Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

When a defendant is sentenced to imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections, the written order must substantially follow the current Conference of Chief Judges-approved form.

In all criminal cases, where a defendant is sentenced to imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections, a written order shall be entered in substantially the same form as the most current version approved by the Conference of Chief Judges of the order entitled "Judgment--Sentence to Illinois Department of Corrections."

CRITICAL

If a document exceeds the file-size limit, the filer must divide the filing into multiple documents; each document is limited to 25 MB and each transaction to 50 MB total.

If a document exceeds the maximum size allowed, the filer shall file multiple documents, each under the maximum file size. Currently the maximum file size allowed for each document is 25 MB, with a total maximum size of all documents filed in one transaction at 50 MB.

CRITICAL

Attorneys and litigants must use approved forms, which must be legible; first-generation forms are preferred, and acceptance or rejection remains within the presiding judge’s discretion.

Attorneys and litigants are directed to utilize forms approved by the Illinois Supreme Court, the 11th Judicial Circuit or the presiding judge. Forms must be legible; first generation forms are preferred as opposed to reproductions or other copies. It is within the presiding judge’s discretion to accept or reject any submitted form.

CRITICAL

The proponent of a tangible exhibit must be present in court; if that is not possible, the parties may agree to use stipulations and photographs as substitutes.

Tangible exhibits will require the proponent to be present in court. If that is not possible, stipulations and photographs may be useful substitutes by agreement.

CRITICAL

Plaintiffs must use a foreclosure-specific summons form, although attorneys may generate substantially similar forms.

B. Summons: In all Residential Mortgage Foreclosure cases, plaintiffs shall use a Summons Form specifically tailored for those cases. Attorneys may generate forms for use in foreclosure mediation cases as long as they are substantially similar to the forms approved by the court.

CRITICAL

An e-filed document that conventionally requires an original signature must bear the authorizing attorney’s or party’s facsimile or typographical signature.

E-filed documents that require an original signature when conventionally filed shall bear a facsimile or typographical signature of the attorney or party authorizing such filing, (e.g. “/s/ John Doe, Attorney”), and shall be deemed to have been signed in-person by the individual identified.

CRITICAL

Deposition transcripts and recordings must be marked as exhibits under Eleventh Circuit Rule 10 (F).

Transcripts and recordings shall be marked as exhibits pursuant to Eleventh Circuit Rule 10 (F).

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

E-filed pleadings must comply with applicable Supreme Court formatting rules and be in PDF format.

All e-filed pleadings shall be formatted in accordance with the applicable Supreme Court rules governing formatting of document pleadings and must be in PDF format.

CRITICAL

All e-filed signatures must comply with the amended Illinois Supreme Court Electronic Signature Standards and the cited statute.

All e-filed signatures must comply with the Illinois Supreme Court Electronic Signature Standards (December 8, 2017) as amended and 5 ILCS 175/1 et seq.

CRITICAL

The exhibit file must comply with the cited Illinois Supreme Court standards.

Said exhibit file shall be in compliance with IL Supreme Court M.R. 18368 (January 22, 2016) and the IL Supreme Court Standards and Requirements for Electronic Filing the Record on Appeal (revised).

CRITICAL

The court must use the specified Supreme Court Rule 291 and Rule 292 summons forms for the proceedings identified.

The form of summons set forth in Supreme Court Rule 291 for proceedings under the Administrative Review Act and the form of summons set forth in Supreme Court Rule 292 to review an order of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission will be exclusively utilized by this court in such cases.

CRITICAL

Scanned documents that are upside down, blank, indecipherable, or scanned at insufficient resolution will be rejected.

Scanned documents which are upside down, blank, indecipherable or scanned at an insufficient resolution.

WARNING

The Court should not allow an exhibit to be shown on Share Screen without permission.

The Court should not allow an exhibit to be shown on Share Screen without permission.

INFO

Parties may generate foreclosure mediation forms if they are substantially similar to court-approved forms.

The parties may generate forms for use in foreclosure mediation cases as long as they are substantially similar to the forms approved by the court.

INFO

Parties may submit unanticipated rebuttal evidence or impeachment during the hearing using Share Screen.

Parties may submit unanticipated rebuttal evidence or impeachment during the hearing through the Share Screen feature.

INFO

Share Screen is recommended over Chat for sharing exhibits because Chat uploads are inaccessible to participants using Zoom on an iPad or smartphone.

For best practice, it should be noted that although the Chat feature does have upload capabilities, the uploaded items are only accessible by those on a computer, not by those using Zoom on an iPad or smartphone. Therefore, Share Screen is recommended over Chat for purposes of sharing exhibits during a hearing or trial.

INFO

The court may prescribe forms for receiver reports.

The court may prescribe forms to be used for reports of a receiver.

INFO

Impeachment or rebuttal exhibits may be emailed to the appropriate participant or shown using Zoom Share Screen.

For impeachment or rebuttal exhibits, the exhibit can be emailed to the appropriate participant or viewed in the Share Screen feature in Zoom.