Due to the public health concerns regarding COVID-19, Judge
Cox will be temporarily holding all civil hearings by telephone until further
notice. Additionally, some previously set hearings may be re-scheduled to
accommodate this new policy. Parties are advised to regularly monitor the
docket for updated scheduling and telephone dial-in information. If you
have any questions on the policy or scheduling conflicts, please
contact our Courtroom Deputy, Nakita Perdue, at nakita_perdue@ilnd.uscourts.gov by
AT LEAST 3:00 p.m. the day prior to your scheduled appearance.
JUDGE COX WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY COURTESY COPIES DURING THIS TIME.
PLEASE NOTE THAT JUDGE COX HAS CHANGED HER SCHEDULED HEARING TIMES:
Effective 8/23/13 - Civil Motions will be heard on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. with 3 days' notice.
Effective 4/21/2016 - Criminal motions will be heard Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. with 3 days' notice.
ARRAIGNMENTS HELD - Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.
PLEASE NOTE THAT JUDGE COX HAS MADE CHANGES TO HER STANDING ORDERS
It is important that the parties comply with the following:
1. Courtesy copies of motions to be delivered to the Courtroom Deputy's Office 1024 within 24 hours of filing. Additionally courtesy copies of all filed documents must be delivered to the Courtroom Deputy's Office 1024.
2. That parties allow not 1.5 spacing between lines but 2.0 spacing between the lines of documents submitted.
To achieve the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s command of a “just speedy and inexpensive determination of every action” Magistrate Judge Cox 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
