PLEASE NOTE:
Judge Shah will not be hearing motions the weeks of 8/12/19 and 8/19/19. Judge Shah's normal motion call will resume the week of 8/26/19. Any agreed motions for extension of time may be noticed for presentment the week of 8/26/19, and should NOT be noticed before the Emergency Judge.
The BEST way to contact Judge Shah's courtroom deputy, Susan McClintic, is to send her an email at susan_mcclintic@ilnd.uscourts.gov. Ms. McClintic cannot receive or return telephone calls while in court, and emails are always answered much sooner than a voicemail message can be returned.
Please note: If you have questions pertaining to a case assigned to Judge Manish S. Shah please read through Judge Shah's Case Management Procedures to the right of this notice before contacting this Court's chambers or courtroom deputy.
If you have read through the procedures and do not have an answer to your question, please contact this Court's courtroom deputy Susan McClintic at susan_mcclintic@ilnd.uscourts.gov. In the alternative, you may call Ms. McClintic at (312) 702-8805. If she does not answer, please leave a voicemail message and she will contact you as soon as possible.
TELEPHONE APPEARANCE POLICY
Counsel with offices outside the Northern District of Illinois may appear by telephone for routine status hearings only. Counsel may request to appear by telephone by emailing Susan McClintic at susan_mcclintic@ilnd.uscourts.gov at least one day prior to the hearing. Requests made after 5:00 p.m. the evening prior, or the morning of the court appearance, will not be permitted. Telephone appearances are not allowed under any circumstance for attorneys who have offices in this District or for any contested motion hearing.
COURTESY COPIES POLICY
Generally, the Court does not require, or indeed even accept, courtesy copies. Courtesy copies are required, however, for (1) any motion to dismiss, for judgment on the pleadings, or for summary judgment (including all related briefs and exhibits); and (2) any filing that has attached to it exhibits totaling 50 or more pages. Courtesy copies should be bound and tabbed as provided in Local Rule 5.2(d) for "judge's paper copies." Please deliver those copies to the courtroom deputy’s office Room 1914 within 24 hours of filing. Courtesy copies need not be delivered in an envelope unless the pleading contains under-seal material. Courtesy copies should include the printed CM/ECF header at the top of every page.
The information on this and linked pages contains important information about my pretrial case management procedures. Please take the time to read it carefully.
These policies and rules have been designed to facilitate the prompt, efficient and equitable disposition of civil cases on my docket. The success of this court's trial procedures depends on your willingness to familiarize yourself with these materials and to act accordingly. Counsel will be expected to fully explain to the court any failure to comply with the court's pretrial procedures.
