In accordance with the Ninth Amended General Order 20-0012, all civil proceedings shall be conducted remotely, unless an in-person hearing is required by law.
Local Rules 5.2(f) and 5.3(b) remain suspended. The Court will accept motions, but they cannot be noticed for presentment.
No in person deliveries may be made to any judge’s chambers or to the Clerk’s office. Filings will still be accepted electronically through the CM/ECF system, the drop-box in the lobby of the Dirksen Courthouse during business hours, or through the mail to the U.S. District Court Clerk’s office, 219 South Dearborn Street, 20th Floor, Chicago, Il. 60604.
Please see Ninth Amended General Order 20-0012 for important additional details.
Motions
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All motions must state with specificity when and how the movant complied
with the meet and confer requirement of Local Rule 37.2 , and when opposed, the opposing party’s
position. This good faith effort to resolve or narrow the dispute should be
done telephonically or through a video conferencing platform; the mere
exchange of emails or letters will generally be insufficient to comply.
- Uncontested or agreed motions should be so identified in both the title and body of the motion.
Communications with Chambers: If you have questions about a case assigned to Judge Jantz, please read through the procedures on this website before contacting the courtroom deputy or chambers. If you have read through the procedures and do not have an answer to your question, please contact this Court's courtroom deputy, Rosa Franco, at rosa_franco@ilnd.uscourts.gov. Parties must “CC” counsel for all parties on the email.
If the parties resolve an issue that is scheduled for a hearing or is under consideration by Judge Jantz: As soon as possible, counsel should email Judge Jantz’s courtroom deputy, Rosa Franco, at rosa_franco@ilnd.uscourts.gov. Parties must “CC” counsel for all parties on the email.
Settlement Correspondence: All settlement letters should be sent to: Settlement_Correspondence_Jantz@ilnd.uscourts.gov
Searchable Filings: All electronic filings (with the exception of exhibits) should be generated by “printing to PDF” from the original word processing file, so that the text of the digital document is searchable. PDFs created by scanning paper documents are not searchable. Therefore, the Court prefers that, if a party has the means to do so, PDFs that are created by scanning paper be OCR’d so that they are also searchable.
