In many instances, after the filing of a motion or after some other development in the litigation, one or more of the Parties may be in a position to submit a proposed order, based on the Court's ruling or direction, or based on a discussion between the Parties. When the proposed order is ready to be entered by the Court, the Parties should not file them with the Clerk's Office or with the CM/ECF system. Rather, proposed orders are to be "submitted" to the judge to consider, modify (if appropriate) and enter electronically. Such proposed orders must be attached to an e-mail sent to Proposed_Order_Fuentes@ilnd.uscourts.gov. The subject line of the e-mail must include the case number and name, the docket number of the corresponding motion, if any, and the title of the order that is proposed. All such documents must be submitted to the court in a format compatible with Word. All parties should be copied on such email.

Submitting a proposed order electronically is not a substitute for filing a motion. A proposed order may only be submitted after the corresponding motion has been filed unless the Court has given prior leave to submit a proposed order without a motion.