Northern District of Illinois Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Settlement letter

When submitting settlement letters to the opposing side, parties must also email them to the Court at the specified address.

Upon submission to the other side, the parties also are required to submit their settlement letters to the Court by e-mail to Settlement_Correspondence_BassEhler@ilnd.uscourts.gov.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Settlement letter

Settlement letters must not be filed with the Clerk’s Office or on CM/ECF and are not part of the Court’s record or admissible as evidence.

Settlement letters are not to be filed with the Clerk’s Office or on the CM/ECF system, will not be made part of the Court’s record, and will not be admissible as evidence.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Settlement statement

Parties must email their settlement statements to the Court on the same day they provide them to opposing counsel.

On the same day the parties provide their settlement statements to opposing counsel, the parties are required to submit their statements to the Court by e-mail.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Settlement statement

Settlement statements must not be filed on ECF and will not enter the Court’s record or be admissible in this action or related litigation.

The parties’ settlement statements are not to be filed on ECF, will not be made part of the Court’s record, and will not be admissible as evidence in this action or in other litigation related to this dispute.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed final pretrial order

Proposed final pretrial orders must be filed electronically using CM/ECF; courtesy copies are not needed.

Proposed final pretrial orders must be filed electronically using CM/ECF (no need for courtesy copies).

CRITICAL

Applies to

Settlement correspondence

Settlement correspondence must not be filed in the Clerk's Office or on the CM/ECF system.

As a reminder, do not file copies of settlement correspondence in the Clerk's Office or on the CM/ECF system.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Pre trial objections

To e-file it, select the appropriate CM/ECF event, then choose “Other Filings,” “Other Documents,” and the Supplement event.

To e-file it, select the appropriate CM/ECF event, “Other Filings” and then “Other Documents,” and choose the Supplement event.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Pretrial statement

When e-filing the Pre-Trial Statement, select the CM/ECF event path “Other Filings,” then “Other Documents,” and choose “Supplement.”

To e-file it, select the appropriate CM/ECF event, “Other Filings” and then “Other Documents,” and choose the Supplement event.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed pretrial order

The proposed Pretrial Order should be filed on CM/ECF with a cover page containing the case caption and specified title.

The Pretrial Order should be filed on the CM/ECF system with a cover page with the case caption and the title PROPOSED FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER.

WARNING

The Clerk's procedures may not provide for maintaining electronic versions of in camera documents unless the Clerk specifically determines the current version of ECF has adequate security protections.

Those procedures (a) may contain provisions for creating redacted versions of documents and (b) shall not provide for the maintenance of electonic versions of in catilera documents unless the Clerk of the Court specifically determines that the then-current version of ECF contains adequate protections for securing and restricting access to such documents.

WARNING

The E-Filer is responsible for maintaining adequate facilities and equipment to participate in ECF, including a current and active e-mail address (sentence continues beyond this chunk).

It is the responsibility of the E-Filer to maintain adequate facilities and equipment to participate in ECF, including maintaining a current and active e-mail

WARNING

Applies to

Document component

Components that cannot be reduced to electronic format need not be e-filed; they must instead be filed in paper with the Clerk of the Court and served on the parties under the applicable Federal Rules and local rules.

E-Filers may be excused from filing a particular component electonically under certain limited circumstances, such as when the component cannot be reduced to an electronic format. Such component shall not be fi1ed electronically, but instead shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court and served upon the parties in accordance with the applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the local rules for filing and service of paper documents.

WARNING

Attorney E-Filer registration requires the applicant's name, address, telephone number, internet e-mail address, and a declaration (with a PACER account required per the continuation on the next page).

Registration shall be in accordance with procedures established by the Clerk of the Court and shall require that the applicant provide his or hetr name, address, telephone number, lnternet e-mail address, and a declaration that the applicant is

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibits

An E-Filer, unless otherwise inskucted by the court, may submit as exhibits or attachments only those excerpts of the referenced documents that are directly gennane to the matter under consideration by the court. Excerpted material must be clearly and prominently identified as such. E-Filers who file excerpts of documents as exhibits or attachments under this rule do so without prejudice to their right to timely file additional excerpts or the complete document.

An E-Filer, unless otherwise inskucted by the court, may submit as exhibits or attachments only those excerpts of the referenced documents that are directly gennane to the matter under consideration by the court. Excerpted material must be clearly and prominently identified as such. E-Filers who file excerpts of documents as exhibits or attachments under this rule do so without prejudice to their right to timely file additional excerpts or the complete document.

WARNING

E-Filers must protect the security of their passwords and immediately notify the Clerk if the password is compromised.

E-Filers agree to protect the security of their passwords. (1) An E-Filer shall immediately notift the Clerk of the Court if he or she leams that the E-Filer's password has been compromised.

WARNING

Applies to

Notice of paper filing

E-Filers who file a paper component must also file a corresponding notice electronically (source text is cut off mid-sentence).

E-Filers filing a paper component shall file electronically a Notice

WARNING

Petty offenses, grand jury matters, sealed cases, and cases expressly ordered out of ECF do not qualify for electronic filing assignment.

The following categories of cases do not qualify to be assigned to ECF: (a) petty offenses; (b) grand jury matters; (c) sealed cases, until a point in the proceedings when the case is unsealed; and (d) any other specific case where the court expressly orders that it not be assigned to ECF, until a point in the proceedings that the court may order otherwise.

WARNING

Pro se E-Filer registration requires identifying the case and the applicant's contact information and having or obtaining a PACER account.

Registration shall be in accordance with procedures established by the Clerk of the Court and shall require that the applicant identify the action as well as the name, address, telephone number, and Internet e-mail address of the applicant. Registation also requires that the applicant have or obtain an account on the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (,PACER,) system.

WARNING

E-Filers may be sanctioned for failure to comply with the General Order or ECF procedures established by the Clerk.

E-Filers may be subject to sanctions for failure to comply with the provisions of this General Order or any ECF procedures established by the Clerk of the Court.

WARNING

When a registered pro se party retains an attorney who appears, the attorney must advise the Clerk to terminate the party's E-Filer registration upon appearance.

If, during the course of the action, the party retains an attorney who appears on the party's behatf, the attomey must advise the C1erk of the Court to terminate the party's regishation as an E-Filer upon the attorney's appearance.

WARNING

Applies to

Documents requiring original signatures

On the court's request, the E-Filer must provide the original paper documents for review.

On request of the court, the E-Filer must provide original documents for review.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Settlement letters

These letters should not be filed on the docket.

These letters should not be filed on the docket.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed pretrial order

When filing the Proposed Pretrial Order in CM/ECF, the filer should select “Other Filings,” then “Other Documents,” and choose the Proposed Pretrial Order event.

In CM/ECF, the filer should select “Other Filings” and then “Other Documents,” and choosing the Proposed Pretrial Order event.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Jury instructions

Jury instructions should be submitted both in hard copy and electronically filed with the clerk.

Jury instructions should be submitted in hard copy and also electronically filed with the clerk.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Settlement letter

Settlement letters are not filed on the court docket, are not part of the Court’s record, and are inadmissible as evidence.

These letters are not electronically filed on the court docket, will not be made part of the Court’s record, and will not be admissible as evidence.

INFO

After completing registration and/or training, the E-Filer receives notification of login and password from the Clerk.

Once registration and/or training is completed in accordance with procedures e.stablished by the Clerk of the Court, the Clerk of the Court shall provide the E-Filer with notification of the E-Filer's login and password.

INFO

A self-represented party to a pending civil action who is not under Executive Committee filing restrictions may register as an E-Filer solely for that case.

A party to a pending civil action who is not rqlresorted by an attomey and who is not under filing restrictions imposed by the Executive Committee of this Court, may register as an E-Filer solely for purposes of the case.

INFO

The Clerk of the Court may establish registration procedures that require an E-Filer applicant to complete on-line and/or in-person ECF training prior to being provided full access as an E-Filer.

The Clerk of the Court may establish registration procedures that require an E-Filer applicant to complete on-line and/or in-person ECF training prior to being provided full access as an E-Filer.

INFO

The Clerk may establish procedures for creating and storing electronic versions of documents filed in paper form.

As to those documents listed in $ [I(B)(2) and any other documents filed in p4per form, the Clerk of the Court may establish procedures for creating and storing electronic versions of such documents.

INFO

Attorneys admitted to the bar of the court (including pro hac vice) and attorneys representing the United States in their official capacity may register as E-Filers.

Attomeys admiued to the bar of this court, including those admiued pro hac vice, arrd attorneys representing the United States in the attorney's ofEcial capacily, may register as E-Filers.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Joint motion

Parties may electronically file a joint motion for relief from a court-ordered mediation referral.

The parties may e-file a joint motion under this Rule.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Witness list

Witness lists may be filed as separate ECF documents filed simultaneously with the proposed pretrial order, which must note their separate filing.

The witness lists may be filed as separate ECF documents. If so, the proposed pretrial order shall indicate in this section that the witness list(s) will be filed on the docket simultaneously with the proposed pretrial order.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Exhibit chart

Exhibit charts may be filed as separate ECF documents filed simultaneously with the proposed pretrial order, which must note their separate filing.

The exhibit charts may be filed as separate ECF documents. If so, the proposed pretrial order shall indicate in this section that the exhibit chart(s) will be filed on the docket simultaneously with the proposed pretrial order.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Exhibits

The exhibits should not be filed on CM/ECF with the Proposed Pretrial Order.

The exhibits should not be filed on CM/ECF with the Proposed Pretrial Order.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Deposition transcript

The deposition transcripts should not be filed on CM/ECF with the Proposed Pretrial Order.

The deposition transcripts should not be filed on CM/ECF with the Proposed Pretrial Order.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Pretrial order

Proposed Final Pretrial Order must be filed on CM/ECF.

The Proposed Final Pretrial Order (excluding copies of exhibits and deposition transcripts) must also be filed on the docket in CM/ECF.