Northern District of Illinois Filing Timing and Cure Windows

The deadline for motions in limine also covers Santiago motions unless set separately.

Unless set separately, the deadline on motions in limine includes Santiago motions by the government to allow co-conspirator statements.

The parties must jointly prepare and submit the final pretrial order on the date set by the court, unless the court orders otherwise.

The parties shall jointly prepare and submit, on the date set by the court, a Final Pretrial Order containing the following, absent prior modification by the court:

Motions in limine must be filed and served at the same time as the final pretrial order.

Any motions in limine must be filed and served along with the final pretrial order.

Deadline

14 calendar days

Responses to motions in limine must be filed and served no later than fourteen (14) days after the motions in limine are filed.

Any responses must be filed and served no later than fourteen (14) days thereafter.

Deadline

21 calendar days

Plaintiff's counsel must prepare the initial draft of the final pretrial order and provide it to defendant's counsel no later than 21 days before the final pretrial order is due.

Plaintiff's counsel has the responsibility to prepare the initial draft of the final pretrial order and must provide a draft to defendant's counsel no later than twenty-one (21) days before the date the final pretrial order is due.

Deadline

14 calendar days

Defendant's counsel must respond in writing to plaintiff's draft final pretrial order no later than 14 days before it is due, including objections, changes, additions, and defendant's portions of the draft.

Defendant's counsel must respond in writing to plain ti ff’s draft no later than fourteen (14) days before the final pretrial order is due, including any objections, changes, and additions to plaintiff's draft, as well as defendant's portions of the draft pretrial order (e.g., defendant’s witness and exhibit lists, and objections to exhibits and deposition testimony listed by plaintiff).

Deadline

7 calendar days

The parties must meet and confer no later than 7 days before the final pretrial order is due to discuss their drafts and reach agreement to the extent possible.

The parties must meet and confer no later than seven (7) days before the final pretrial order is due to discuss their respective drafts and to reach agreement to the extent possible.

Deadline

30 calendar days

A party added after a case is transferred to a magistrate judge on consent must consent within 30 days of appearance or the case will be transferred back to the district judge.

If the additional party does not consent to proceed before a magistrate judge within 30 days of appearance, the magistrate judge will transfer the case to the calendar of the district judge to whom the case was previously assigned.

Deadline

1 business days

After an after-hours arrest warrant is granted, the probation officer must forward the original Probation Form 12C to the Clerk of Court for filing by the next business day.

The United States Probation Officer shall forward the original Form 12C to the Clerk of Court the next business day to file the document.

Deadline

14 calendar days

A written response setting forth the reasons for the requested deferral must be filed with the chief judge within 14 days after the copy of the clerk's petition was transmitted to the United States attorney.

a written response to the petition setting forth the reasons for the requested deferral must be filed with the chief judge within 14 days of the date the copy of the clerk's petition was transmitted to the United States attorney.

Deadline

14 calendar days

A motion for relief from a court-ordered mediation referral must be filed with the ADR Magistrate Judge within 14 calendar days of the referral.

Any party whose case has been ordered to mediation may file with the ADR Magistrate Judge, within 14 calendar days of court ordered referral, a motion for relief from the court ordered referral.

The ADR certification is due no later than the date specified in the case management order, unless otherwise ordered.

Unless otherwise ordered, and no later than the date specified in the case management order, the parties, through their attorneys, must e-file with the court a certification

Deadline

60 calendar days

Required

Always

Unless otherwise ordered, the mediation must be held within 60 days after entry of the case management order or the order of referral.

(b) Deadline for Conducting Mediation. Unless otherwise ordered, the mediation must be held within 60 days after entry of the case management order or the order of referral, whichever is appropriate.

Deadline

10 calendar days

Each party must submit a written mediation statement directly to the mediator no later than 10 calendar days before the first mediation session, unless the mediator establishes a different time.

(a) Time for Submission. No later than 10 calendar days before the first mediation session, or in the time established by the mediator, each party must submit directly to the mediator, a written mediation statement. The statement may be transmitted solely to the mediator. Whether the statement will be sent solely to the mediator, or exchanged by the parties, will be determined at the ADR L.R. 4-6 conference.

Deadline

14 calendar days

The mediator must email the Certification of Session report to ADR@ilnd.uscourts.gov within 14 calendar days after each mediation session closes.

Within 14 calendar days of the close of each mediation session and on the form Certification of Session provided by the court, the mediator must email a report to ADR@ilnd.uscourts.gov

A document filed electronically is deemed filed at the date and time stated on the Notice of Electronic Filing, except for documents first filed in paper form and later submitted electronically under Section III(B)(4).

Except in the case of documents first filed in paper form and subsequently submitted elechonically under S III(B)(4), a document filed electronically is deemed filed at the date and time stated on the Notice of Electronic Filing from the court.

Electronic filing does not alter filing deadlines, and electronic filings must be completed before midnight Central Time in the Northern District of Illinois to be considered timely filed that day.

Filing a document electronically does not alter the filing deadline for that document. Filing must be completed before midnight Cenhal Time in the Northern District of Illinois in order to be considered timely filed that day.

Deadline

14 calendar days

Plaintiff must file the Schedule A memorandum within 2 weeks of filing the case.

Within 2 weeks of filing a "Schedule A" case, plaintiff shall file a memorandum, not to exceed 10 pages addressing the following topics:

Deadline

14 calendar days

In Schedule A cases, any motion for a preliminary injunction must be filed at least 14 days after the defendants are served with the complaint, TRO, TRO motion, and other relevant documents.

Any motion for a preliminary injunction must be filed at least 14 days after service on the defendants of the complaint, Temporary Restraining Order, motion for a temporary restraining order, and other relevant and applicable documents.

Deadline

60 calendar days

Opening brief due within 60 days of the filing of the administrative record.

The opening brief will generally be due within 60 days of the filing of the administrative record

Deadline

45 calendar days

Responsive brief due 45 days after the opening brief.

the responsive brief will be due 45 days thereafter

Deadline

14 calendar days

Reply brief, if any, due 14 days after the responsive brief.

the reply, if any, will be due 14 days thereafter

Deadline

14 calendar days

Plaintiff's counsel must deliver the plaintiff's settlement letter to defendant's counsel and the Court at least 14 days before the settlement conference, unless the Court sets a different schedule.

Unless the Court sets a different schedule, plaintiff's counsel must deliver plaintiff's settlement letter to defendant's counsel and the Court at least fourteen (14) days before the settlement conference

Deadline

7 calendar days

Defendant's counsel must deliver the defendant's settlement letter to plaintiff's counsel and the Court at least 7 days before the settlement conference, unless the Court sets a different schedule.

defendant's counsel must deliver defendant's settlement letter to plaintiff's counsel and the Court at least seven (7) days before the settlement conference

Deadline

5 business days

Proposed voir dire questions must be exchanged 5 business days before the Joint Pretrial Statement due date, and parties must confer 2 business days before.

Each side shall provide the other with proposed voir dire questions 5 business days before the due date of the Joint Pretrial Statement, and confer by 2 business days before the due date in order to generate this section of the Statement.

Deadline

5 business days

Proposed stipulations must be served 5 business days before the pretrial conference.

No later than 5 business days before the pretrial conference, the parties must serve on each other proposed stipulations.

Deadline

10 business days

Proposed exhibit charts must be exchanged 10 business days before the filing deadline; objections must be returned 5 business days before the deadline.

The parties must exchange their respective proposed exhibit charts 10 business days before the deadline for filing the charts, and the objecting side must return the chart with the objection column filled in 5 business days before the deadline.

Deadline

7 calendar days

A document referenced on the preceding page must be submitted directly to Judge Bucklo's court reporter at least seven days prior to trial.

directly to Judge Bucklo 's court reporter at least seven (7) days prior to trial .

Objections to the preliminary jury instructions and requests for variation must be brought to the Court's attention at or before the final pretrial conference.

Objections to any of these instructions, and any requests for variation, should be brought to the Court’s attention at or before the final pretrial conference.

An E-Filer whose filing is untimely due to a technical failure may seek appropriate relief from the court.

An E-Filer whose filing is made untimely as a result of a technical failure may seek appropriate relief from the court.

E-Filers must immediately report ECF connection difficulties and other technical failures to the ECF Help Desk, whose contact information is posted on the Court Web Site.

Any difficulty connecting to ECF and any other technical failure experienced should be immediatelyreported to the ECF Help Desk. The Court Web Site shall provide information as to how to contact the ECF Help Desk.

Electronic transmission of a document to ECF together with the court's Notice of Electronic Filing constitutes filing of the document and entry on the docket.

Elechonic transmission of a document to ECF consistent with these rules, together with the transmission of a Notice of Electronic Filing from the court, constitutes filing of the document for all purposes of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the local rules of this court, and constitutes entry of the document on the docket kept by the Clerk of the Court under Fed. R. Civ. P. 58 and 79 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 49 and 55.