Internal Operating Procedures

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES

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Absence,

Assigned Judge: IOP27

Emergency Judge,

District: IOP25(f)

Magistrate: IOP26(f)

Access to Restricted/Sealed Documents, see Restricted/Sealed Documents

Actions, see Cases

Adjustment of Calendar, see Periodic Calendar Adjustment Program

After Hours, see Emergency Judge

Assignment of Cases,

Eastern Division,

Adjustment of Calendar, see Periodic Calendar Adjustment Program

Automated Assignment System (District Judges): IOP11(b),

Records of: IOP11(b)

Bankruptcy, see Bankruptcy Matters

to Chief Judge: IOP13(c)

Designation Cycles for Magistrate Judges: IOP11(c)

to New Judges: IOP16; IOP17

to Senior Judges: IOP13(c)

Student Loan: IOP11(f)

Veteran Education Loan: IOP11(f)

Western Division: IOP11(d)

See Also Reassignments and Transfers

Automated Assignment System, see Assignment of Cases

Availability of Magistrate to Exercise Jurisdiction, Notice of,

at Filing: IOP20(a)

to Newly-Joined Parties: IOP20(b)

Backup Judge, Western Division: IOP12

Bankruptcy Matters: IOP15

Assignment to District Judges,

Direct,

Adversary AA@ Proceeding: IOP15(d)

Bankruptcy AB@ Cases: IOP15(c)

Following Remand: IOP15(e)

by Lot: IOP15(b)

Designation Sheet: IOP15(g)

Referral to Bankruptcy Judges: IOP15(a)

Related Cases: IOP15(f)

Business Hours, Outside Normal, see Emergency Judge

Calendar,

Initial (New Judge), see Initial Calendar

Periodic Adjustment Program, see Periodic Calendar Adjustment Program

Short Civil Trials: IOP13(g)

Calendar Judge: IOP13(g)(1)(G)

Equalization: IOP13(g)(8)

Motions: IOP13(g)(7)

Cases,

Assignment of, see Assignment of Cases

Bankruptcy, see Bankruptcy Matters

Categories: IOP10(a)

Classes of: IOP10(a)

Complex (non-MDL): IOP13(e)

Filing Procedures: IOP11(a)

In Forma Pauperis Cases, Inclusion in Initial Calendar: IOP16(c)

Multi-District Litigation (MDL),

Reassignments and Transfers: IOP13(a)

Initial Calendar: IOP16(c)

Numbering: IOP10(b)

Exceptions in Criminal Cases: IOP10(c)

Reassignment, see Reassignment and Transfers

Student Loan: IOP11(f)

Transfers, see Reassignment and Transfers

Veteran Education Loan: IOP11(f)

Chief Judge,

Assignment of Cases to: IOP13(c)

as Calendar Judge, Short Civil Trials: IOP13(g)(1)(G)

Duties & Responsibilities: IOP2(a),(b); IOP3; IOP4; IOP13(j); IOP14(a)(1),(2); IOP18(d),(e); IOP25(c)-(f); IOP26(c)-(f); IOP30(c); IOP32

Emergency Judge, May Serve as: IOP25(a)

in Initial Calendar Calculations: IOP16(b)-(d), (Comments)

Western Division Backup Judge, Ineligibility to Serve as: IOP12

Classes of Cases: IOP10(a)

Consents to Proceed Before a Magistrate Judge (to Exercise of Jurisdiction): IOP20

Confidentiality of: IOP20(c)

Coordinated Pre-trials (non-MDL): IOP13(e)

Court Fund: IOP32

Court Secretary: IOP1(b)

Designation Cycles for Magistrate Judges: IOP11(c)

Designation Sheet (Bankruptcy Matters): IOP15(g)

Destruction/Disposition of Grand Jury Documents: IOP30(c)

District Court Fund: IOP32

District Judges,

Absence: IOP27

Automated Case Assignment System: IOP11(b); See Also Assignment of Cases

Emergency Judge,

Absence: IOP25(f)

Designation: IOP25(a)

Schedule,

Adjustments to: IOP25(e)

Non-Publication of: IOP25(d)

Preliminary Assignment: IOP25(c)

Meetings: IOP1

New,

Calendar, see Initial Calendar

Emergency Judge Scheduling: IOP25(c)(1)

Periodic Calendar Adjustment Program: IOP19; See Also entry this Index

Recusals,

with Equalization: IOP11(b)(3); IOP13(f)(2)

Generally: IOP13(f)(1)

New Judge: IOP16(i)

Western Division: IOP12(b)

Duty Magistrate Judge, Service as, Conflict with Sabbatical: IOP19(f)

Emergency Judge,

District,

Absence: IOP25(f)

Designation: IOP25(a)

Schedule,

Adjustments to: IOP25(e)

Effect of Periodic Calendar Adjustment Program: IOP18(b); IOP25(c)(3)

Formal: IOP25(d)

Non-Publication of: IOP25(d)

Preliminary Assignment: IOP25(c)

Magistrate,

Absence: IOP26(f)

Designation: IOP26(a)

Schedule,

Adjustments to: IOP26(e)

Effect of Periodic Calendar Adjustment Program: IOP19(f)

Formal: IOP26(d)

Non-Publication of: IOP26(d)

Preliminary Assignment: IOP26(c)

Equalization,

Calendar of Short Civil Trials: IOP13(g)(8)

Form: IOP11(b)

Initial Calendar Formation (Magistrate Judges): IOP17(b)

Reassignment for Relatedness (Bankruptcy Matters): IOP15(f)

Recusals,

District Judges: IOP13(f)(2)

Magistrate Judges: IOP13(f)(2); IOP14(b)

Western Division Reassignments: IOP12(b)

Ex Officio Members of Executive Committee: IOP2(a)

Executive Committee,

Composition: IOP2(b)

Duties & Responsibilities,

Approvals of Referrals: IOP14(a)

Generally: IOP2(a)

Reassignment of Cases: IOP11; IOP12(b); IOP13

Expunction, Documents Awaiting, see Restricted Documents

Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act: IOP11(e)

Federal Enclave Magistrate Judge,

Assignment Schedule,

Formal: IOP26(d)

Preliminary: IOP26(c)

Service as, Conflict with Sabbatical: IOP19(f)

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Fed.R.Civ.P.),

Fed.R.Civ.P. 67: IOP31

Fed.R.Civ.P. 77(d): IOP13(g)(3)

Fee, Registry: IOP31

Fugitive Calendar: IOP13(b)

Fund, District Court: IOP32

Grand Jury Records: IOP30(c)

In Forma Pauperis (IFP) Cases, Inclusion in Initial Calendar: IOP16(c)

Initial Calendar (Eastern Division),

District Judges: IOP16

Applicability of Procedures: IOP16(a)

Closed Cases: IOP16(h)

Participating Judges, Number: IOP16(b)

Pending Cases, Number: IOP16(c)

Primary and Secondary Lists: IOP16(e)

Review of: IOP16(f)

Reassigned Cases, Number from Each Judge: IOP16(d)

Recusal: IOP16(i)

Substitutions, Review of: IOP16(g)

Magistrate Judges,

Applicability of IOP16: IOP17(a)

Equalization and Formation of: IOP17(b)

Inspection of Sealed Documents: IOP30(b)

Judicial Absences, see Absence

Liaison Judges and Committees: IOP3

Local Criminal Rules (LCrR),

LCrR5.1: IOP14(b)

LCrR50.2: IOP10(c); IOP11(c)

LCrR50.3(d): IOP14(a)

Local Rules (LR),

LR3.1: IOP15(g)

LR5.9: IOP30(b)

LR26.2(a): IOP30(a)

LR40.1(b): Comment to IOP16(a)

LR40.1(g): IOP16(a)

LR40.3: IOP11(b)(2)

LR40.3(b): IOP11(c); IOP16(c); Comment to IOP16(c)

LR40.4: IOP11(b)(1); IOP13(j); IOP15(f)

LR40.4(a): IOP13(e)

LR40.4(b): IOP13(e); Comment to IOP16(c)

LR40.5: IOP13(j)

LR72.1: IOP14(a); IOP14(b); IOP17(a); IOP19(g); IOP19(i)

LR73.1: IOP14(b); IOP17(a)

LR73.1(b): IOP13(g)(3); IOP14(b)

LR73.1(c): IOP14(b)

LR77.2: IOP25(a); IOP26(a)

LR83.25: IOP10(a)(4)

Magistrate Judges,

Absences: IOP27

Assignment of Cases,

Designation Cycles: IOP11(c)

Student Loan Cases: IOP11(f)

Veteran Education Loan Cases: IOP11(f)

Consents to Proceed Before: IOP20

Confidentiality of: IOP20(c)

Designation Cycles: IOP11(c)

Duties Under Federal Debt Collection Practices Act, Assignment to: IOP11(e)

Duty Magistrate Judge, Service as, Conflict with Sabbatical: IOP19(f)

Emergency Judge,

Absence: IOP26(f)

Designation: IOP26(a)

Schedule,

Adjustments to: IOP26(e)

Formal: IOP26(d)

Non-Publication of: IOP26(d)

Preliminary Assignment: IOP26(c)

Federal Enclave,

Assignment Schedule,

Formal: IOP26(d)

Preliminary: IOP26(c)

Service as, Conflict with Sabbatical: IOP19(f)

Initial Calendar: IOP17

Meetings: IOP5

New, see Initial Calendar

Notice of Availability to Exercise Jurisdiction,

at Filing: IOP20(a)

to Newly Joined Party: IOP20(b)

Periodic Calendar Adjustment Program, see Entry this Index

Presiding Magistrate, Duties: IOP4; IOP5

Recusals: IOP14(b)

Referrals: IOP14(a), IOP14(c)

Maintenance of Grand Jury Records: IOP30(c)

Meetings,

District Judges: IOP1

Minutes: IOP1(b)

Executive Committee: IOP2(a)

Magistrate Judges: IOP5

MDL, see Multi-District Litigation

Motion for Finding of Relatedness (Bankruptcy Matters): IOP15(f)

Multi-District Litigation: IOP13(a)

Inclusion in Initial Calendar: IOP16(b)

New Judges,

District,

Initial Calendar: IOP16

Recusals: IOP16(i)

Magistrate,

Initial Calendar: IOP17

Normal Business Hours, Outside, see Emergency Judge

Notices,

Absence of Judge: IOP27

Availability of Magistrate to Exercise Jurisdiction,

at Filing: IOP20(a)

to Newly Joined Party: IOP20(b)

of Claim, Registry Account: IOP31

of Judicial Absence: IOP27

of Referral to Magistrate Judge: IOP14(a)(1)

of Transfer by Agreement: IOP13(h)

Violation: IOP10(a)(5)

Parties, Rights Under IOP: Introduction

Periodic Calendar Adjustment Program,

District Judges,

Confidentiality of List: IOP18(c)

Emergency Judge Schedule and: IOP18(e)

Exchanges of Periods: IOP18(d)

Order of Judges Within Cycle: IOP18(b)

Participation: IOP18(a)

Magistrate Judges,

Confidentiality of List: IOP19(d)

Conflicts Between Sabbatical and

Assignment Cycles: IOP19(f)

Referrals and Reassignments: IOP19(g)

Referrals in Related Cases: IOP19(h)

Subsequent Referrals: IOP19(h)

Designation Cycle: IOP19(i)

Executive Committee Order: IOP19(e)

Introduction: IOP19(a)

Order of Judges Within Cycle: IOP19(c)

Participation: IOP19(b)

Presiding Magistrate Judge: IOP4

Pretrials, Coordinated (Non-MDL): IOP13(e)

Protective Orders, see Restricted Documents

Reassignments and Transfers,

by Agreement,

Cases: IOP13(d)

Motions: IOP13(h)

Calendar of Short Civil Trials: IOP13(g)

Chief Judge: IOP13(c)

Coordinated Pretrial in Complex Cases (non-MDL): IOP13(e)

Form: IOP13(j)

Fugitive Calendar: IOP13(b)

Multi-District Litigation (MDL): IOP13(a)

Order of: IOP13(j)

Other: IOP13(i)

Recusals: IOP13(f)

Senior Judges: IOP13(c)

Western Division Cases: IOP12(b)

Records, Grand Jury: IOP30(c)

Recusals,

District Judges,

Equalization Following: IOP13(f)(2)

General: IOP13(f)(1)

Magistrate Judges: IOP13(f); IOP14(b)

New Judges: IOP16(i)

Reassignment Procedures Following: IOP13(f)(1)

Western Division: IOP12(b)

Referrals,

to Bankruptcy Judges: IOP15(a)

to Magistrate Judges: IOP14(a); IOP14(c)

Executive Committee Approval Form: IOP14(a)(1)

Registry Account: IOP31

Registry Fee: IOP31

Regular Business Hours, Matters Outside, see Emergency Judge

Relatedness, Motion for Finding of (Bankruptcy Matters): IOP15(f)

Re-sealing of Documents: IOP30(b)

Restricted Access Areas: IOP30

Restricted/Sealed Documents,

Authorized Persons: IOP30(a)

Filing: IOP30(a)

Grand Jury: IOP30(c)

Handling: IOP30(b)

Inspection: IOP30(b)

Re-sealing: IOP30(b)

Sanctions for Violation of Policies: IOP30(d)

Separate Filing Area: IOP30(a)

Rights of Parties Under IOP: Introduction

Sanctions, Violation of Restricted Documents Policies: IOP30(d)

Sealed Documents, see Restricted Documents

Secretary of Court: IOP1(b)

Senior Judges,

Assignment/Reassignment of Cases to: IOP13(c)

Consent to Serve as Emergency Judge: IOP25(a)

Participation in Reassignment of Cases to New Judge's Calendar: IOP16(b),(Comment)

Short Civil Trials, see Calendar of Short Civil Trials

Title 11 U.S.C.: IOP15(a)

Transfers,

of Motions by Agreement: IOP13(h)

and Reassignments, Generally, see Reassignments and Transfers

Veteran Education Loan Cases: IOP11(f)

Violation of Restricted Documents Policies: IOP30(d)

Visiting Judges, Calendar of Short Civil Trials: IOP13(g)

Western Division,

Assignment of Cases: IOP11(d)

Backup Judge: IOP12

Case Numbering: IOP10(b)(3)

Initial Calendar, Inapplicability of Procedures to: IOP16 (Comment); IOP17 (Comment)

Reassignment of Cases: IOP12(b)

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