United States District Court - Northern District of Illinois

General Rules

Rules 2.10 To 2.19 Classes Of Cases, Categories And Numbering Of Cases: Calendars

Rule 2.11 Categories Of Cases, Eastern Division

For the purposes of assigning cases to the calendars of the judges serving in the Eastern Division, the civil and criminal cases shall be divided into the categories indicated:

(1) Criminal Cases: (a) Criminal I, (b) Criminal II, (c) Criminal III, (d) Criminal IV, and (e) Criminal V; and

(2) Civil Cases: (a) Civil I, (b) Civil II, (c) Civil III, (d) Civil IV, (e) Civil V, (f) Civil VI, (g) Civil VII, (h) certificates for contempt filed by bankruptcy judges pursuant to Rule 920 of the National Bankruptcy Rules and certificates for contempt filed by United States magistrate judges.

In addition, those magistrate judge cases involving petty offenses based on the issuance of violation notices wherein defendants did not waive their right to trial before a judge of the District Court which are referred to a judge of the District Court shall constitute a separate assignment category.

The Executive Committee shall establish the types of cases to be included in Criminal categories I, II, III, IV and V and in Civil categories I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII. A master list of the types of cases included in those categories shall be used by the assignment clerk in the assignment of civil and criminal cases.