For all court related matters, please contact Courtroom Deputy, Lisa Provine at (312)408-5135, or via email at lisa_provine@ilnd.uscourts.gov
IN ALL CIVIL CASES, Parties must not file a notice of motion with any submission. After a motion is filed, the Court will set a motion hearing or briefing schedule if necessary. No courtesy copies are to be submitted unless specifically requested by the Court.
ALL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES will be held by video.
IN ALL CRIMINAL CASES, all motions will be presented before the Court as is normally required. However, prior to filing a notice of motion, the movant shall contact Lisa Provine for a presentment date and time.
To achieve the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s command of a “just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action,” Magistrate Judge Valdez has endorsed The Sedona Conference® Cooperation Proclamation dated July 2008.
In cases where discovery supervision is within the district court’s referral order and in consent cases where discovery is ongoing, please read The Sedona Conference® Cooperation Proclamation carefully prior to the initial status conference. Counsel should be fully prepared to discuss methods and techniques to accomplish cooperative fact-finding in their case at the initial status conference.
View The Sedona Conference® Cooperation Proclamation
