Please see General Order 20-0012, as amended, for information
on Court operations. In light of the public health concern, Court proceedings
will primarily proceed by teleconference or video conference.
Reassignment of Judge Iain D.
Johnston’s Cases
For all cases that have been reassigned to Magistrate Judge Lisa A. Jensen, the parties are notified that all prior orders entered by Judge Iain D. Johnston remain in effect. Therefore, all hearings, settlement conferences, status report deadlines, discovery deadlines, and briefing schedules shall stand, and all matters previously scheduled before Judge Johnston will now proceed before Judge Jensen, unless notified otherwise.
MIDP
Program
The U.S District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - Western Division is not participating in the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP) program. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, parties are not required to provide mandatory initial discovery responses under the MIDP program.
Judge Jensen will hear motions on the following days at 10:00 AM. All civil motions must be filed no later than 4 business days in advance of the hearing. The motions schedule through the end of December 2020 is:
11/16/2020
11/18/2020
11/19/2020
11/24/2020
11/30/2020
12/2/2020
12/3/2020
12/8/2020
12/11/2020
12/14/2020
12/16/2020
12/17/2020
12/22/2020
12/28/2020
12/30/2020
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, parties are not required to submit courtesy copies.
