Northern District of Illinois Filing Bundling Requirements

Exhibit submission requirements: USB drives and binders for proposed and final exhibits.

Source text: At least five business days before the pretrial conference, the parties must submit to chambers two USB storage devices with all of the proposed exhibits. In addition to the storage devices, the parties also must supply two sets of exhibit binders containing copies of objected-to exhibits only. The party that is objecting to an exhibit is responsible for providing the copy of the objected-to exhibit. After the final pretrial conference and rulings on exhibits, no closer than five business days before trial, the parties must submit the final trial exhibits on a USB drive and provide two paper copies of the exhibits, double-sided in three-ring binders.

Motions in limine must be filed in consolidated filings; responses due one week after filing; no replies without leave.

Source text: Motions in limine must also be filed separately on the docket. Each party must file all of its motions in limine in one consolidated filing (or a few consolidated filings). Unless otherwise ordered, responses are due one week after the motion’s filing, and no replies may be filed without leave of court.

Motions in limine must be filed separately from joint pretrial statement.

Source text: Motions in limine and supporting memoranda must be filed separately from the joint pretrial statement as separate docket entries.

Replies to motions in limine are not permitted unless ordered by the Court.

Source text: No replies will be filed unless ordered by the Court.

Motions in limine and responses must be submitted in single documents.

Source text: Parties filing motions in limine should submit their initial motions and the supporting exhibits in one document for the Court. Responses to motions in limine should also be submitted in one document.

Motions in limine and responses must be filed separately on CM/ECF, not bound with Pretrial Order.

Source text: These motions and responses should not be bound with the Pretrial Order. They should be filed separately on the CM/ECF system.

Expert testimony exclusion motions must be filed as part of Rule 56 summary judgment or motion in limine, not as separate motions.

Source text: Motions to exclude an expert witness, pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and the principles announced in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), are not to be filed independently as a separate motion. Rather, absent extraordinary circumstances, requests to exclude and/or limit an expert witness’s testimony shall be made either (1) as part of a Rule 56 motion for summary judgment, if a favorable ruling on the request to exclude would be dispositive of the case or a significant portion of the case, or (2) as a motion in limine which, according to the court’s trial procedures for civil trials, shall be filed with the final pretrial order.

Multiple motions in limine should be submitted in one document with exhibits.

Source text: Parties filing multiple motions in limine should submit their initial motions and the supporting exhibits in one document for the Court. Responses to motions in limine and replies in support of motions in limine should also be submitted in one document.

Multiple motions in limine should be filed in one document.

Source text: Parties filing multiple motions in limine should submit their initial motions and the supporting exhibits in one document for the Court.

Responses to motions in limine should be filed in one document.

Source text: Responses to motions in limine should also be submitted in one document.

Encouraged to consolidate multiple motions in limine filings.

Source text: To the extent reasonable, file multiple motions in one filing (or a few consolidated filings) to reduce the number of filings.

Opposed motions in limine must follow court schedule; multiple motions should be filed in one document.

Source text: All opposed motions in limine must be filed according to the schedule set by the Court. Parties filing multiple motions in limine should submit their initial motions and the supporting exhibits in one document for the Court. Responses to motions in limine should also be submitted in one document.

Parties encouraged to consolidate multiple motions in limine into fewer filings.

Source text: To the extent reasonable, parties should file multiple motions in one filing (or a few consolidated filings) to reduce the number of filings.

Responses to motions in limine should be consolidated into a single document.

Source text: Responses to motions in limine should also be submitted in one document.

Motions in limine and responses must be submitted in single documents.

Source text: Parties filing motions in limine should submit their initial motions and the supporting exhibits in one document for the Court. Responses to motions in limine should also be submitted in one document.

Multiple motions in limine and responses should be filed as single documents.

Source text: Parties filing multiple motions in limine should file their initial motions and the supporting exhibits as one document for the Court. Responses to motions in limine should also be filed in one document.

Uncontested agreed motions may be filed with clerk, not requiring open court presentation.

Source text: The following uncontested, agreed motions may be filed in the clerk's office and need not be presented in open court as required by LR5.3(b):