Circuit Court of Monroe County, Illinois (24th Judicial Circuit) Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Unless the Court orders otherwise, the Clerk must seal each Financial Affidavit presented for filing, with access limited to the stated courts, parties, attorneys of record, and persons the Court directs.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any Financial Affidavit presented for filing shall be sealed by the Clerk and shall be made available only to the Court, to an appellate court in which the proceedings are subject to review, to the parties and their attorneys of record, and to such other persons as the Court directs.

Unless the Court orders otherwise, the Clerk must seal filed Financial Affidavits and limit access to the specified persons.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any Financial Affidavit presented for filing shall be sealed by the Clerk and shall be made available only to the Court, to an appellate court in which the proceedings are subject to review, to the parties and their attorneys of record, and to such other persons as the Court directs.

Criminal cases

Pretrial Progress Reports must be immediately impounded upon filing, are accessible only to counsel or parties of record absent a court order, and must be provided by the clerk to the defendant’s attorney or an unrepresented defendant upon filing.

All Pretrial Progress Reports filed by any Pretrial Services Officer shall be immediately impounded upon the filing of said Report by the Circuit Clerk of each county in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial Circuit. Per Rule 4-3(a)(2) of the Rules of Practice of the Circuit Court of Illinois in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial Circuit, "Impounded" means "[a] file or document which is accessible only to the attorney of record or the parties of record on a case; otherwise, the file or document is only accessible upon order of court." The Circuit Clerk's Office shall provide the defendant's attorney, or the defendant if unrepresented, with any Pretrial Progress Report upon the filing of such report.

Criminal cases

Pretrial Investigation Reports must be immediately impounded when filed, access is restricted to specified persons absent a court order, and the defendant or counsel must have a reasonable opportunity to review the report before specified hearings.

All Pretrial Investigation Reports filed by any Pretrial Services Officer shall be immediately impounded upon filing of said Report by the Circuit Clerk of each county in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial Circuit. Per Rule 4-3(a)(2) of the Rules of Practice of the Circuit Court of Illinois in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial Circuit, "Impounded" means "[a] file or document which is accessible only to the attorney of record or the parties of record on a case; otherwise, the file or document is only accessible upon order of court." The defendant's attorney, or the defendant if unrepresented, shall have a reasonable opportunity to review said Pretrial Investigation Report prior any bond hearing, bond review hearing, detention hearing, or other hearing in which conditions of pretrial release are requested to be set.

Unless the Court orders otherwise, the Clerk must seal each filed Financial Affidavit and limit access to the specified persons.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any Financial Affidavit presented for filing shall be sealed by the Clerk and shall be made available only to the Court, to an appellate court in which the proceedings are subject to review, to the parties and their attorneys of record, and to such other persons as the Court directs.