Until further
notice, consistent with the Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012 of the
Northern District of Illinois, litigants are neither required nor
permitted to notice motions for in-person presentment. If the Court
determines that a hearing by electronic or other means is required,
Court staff will notify the parties accordingly. Motions should instead be filed on the docket.
The following policy applies to all motions other than motions to dismiss (see the Court's separate Standing Order on motions to dismiss):
Each motion filed on the docket
must state whether it is agreed or opposed. If the motion is opposed,
counsel must confer on a briefing schedule. If the parties agree on a
briefing schedule, the moving party must, along with the motion, file a
separate statement on the docket setting forth the agreed briefing
schedule. The moving party may not set forth the briefing schedule in
the motion itself, nor may the moving party present the briefing
schedule to the Court through an email or other unfiled communication.
Agreed briefing schedules will be treated as binding on the parties
unless the Court orders otherwise.
Any party that later seeks to
modify an agreed briefing schedule must file a motion requesting such
relief and explaining why “good cause” exists to justify the
modification. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). If the parties cannot
agree on a briefing schedule, the moving party must file a separate
statement describing the competing proposed schedules. If, after a good
faith effort or due to exigency, the moving party is unable to contact
opposing counsel to discuss a briefing schedule, the moving party must
(1) file the motion and the separate statement with a briefing schedule;
(2) explain that it was unable to consult with opposing counsel; and
(3) briefly describe its efforts to contact opposing counsel.
