Video Teleconferencing for Certain Criminal Proceedings
Under Section 15002(b)(1) of the CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136,
134 Stat. 281 and General Orders 20-0012 and 20-0022, as amended, the Chief Judge of this Court authorized the use of
videoconferencing, or teleconferencing if videoconferencing is not reasonably
available, for the following proceedings, so long as the defendant gives
written or verbal consent after consultation with counsel:
i. Detention hearings under 18
U.S.C. § 3142;
ii. Initial appearances under
Criminal Rule 5;
iii. Preliminary hearings under
Criminal Rule 5.1;
iv. Waivers of indictment under
Criminal Rule 7(b);
v. Arraignments under Criminal Rule
10;
vi. Probation and supervised
release revocation hearings under Criminal Rule 32.1;
vii. Pretrial release revocation
hearings under 18 U.S.C. § 3148;
viii. Appearances under Criminal
Rule 40;
ix. Misdemeanor pleas and
sentencings under Criminal Rule 43(b)(2); and
x. Juvenile proceedings under Title
18, Chapter 403, except for contested transfer hearings, juvenile delinquency
adjudication, or trial proceedings.
Notice of Consent to Certain Criminal Proceedings By Video Conferencing.
After consultation with counsel, the defendant may file the
Notice of Consent on the docket or email the Notice of Consent to Proposed_Order_Jensen@ilnd.uscourts.gov.
Detention Hearings
For detention hearings, the parties are directed to confer
and advise the Court if an in-person detention hearing will be waived by the
defendant, or whether either party is seeking a continuance. A defendant who
does not object to detention should, before the date of the detention hearing,
notify chambers either orally (through counsel) or in writing that the
defendant has no objection to detention and is waiving the detention hearing.
Any such waiver would be without prejudice to the court’s reconsideration of
the issue of pretrial release at a later date.