Before filing any motion, the movant must meet and confer with the non-movant on the substance of the motion and determine whether the motion is opposed. Movant shall include a statement in the motion indicating whether the motion is opposed by the non-movant (and, if appropriate in a criminal case, by pretrial services or probation).

Criminal Motions: 
Criminal motions must be noticed (or scheduled for hearing) by agreement in consultation with Judge Blakey's Courtroom Deputy, Ms. Gloria Lewis, available at Gloria_Lewis@ilnd.uscourts.gov or (312) 818-6699.

Civil Motions: 
Consistent with L.R. 5.3, every motion must be accompanied by a notice of presentment specifying the date and time on which it is to be presented. The date of presentment shall be not more than 14 days following the date on which the motion is delivered to the court pursuant to LR 78.1.

Judge Blakey will hear civil (non-emergency) motions on Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m., and all such motions should be noticed accordingly. Motions noticed for a given day must be filed no later than 12:00 p.m. on the 3rd business day preceding the day the motion is to be heard. Thus, motions set for any given Wednesday must be filed by 12:00 p.m. on the preceding Friday.

Joint, uncontested, and agreed motions should be so identified in the title and the body of the motion. In most cases, this Court will strike the notice date and rule (or set a briefing schedule) without a hearing, but if a hearing proceeds for the noticed date (either in-person or remotely), all counsel must be prepared to argue all pending motions in the case at that hearing, and counsel shall not respond to motions by correspondence with this Court.