For all scheduling and case related matters, please contact courtroom deputy Chez Chambers via email at chez_chambers@ilnd.uscourts.gov.
Until further notice, parties are excused from providing courtesy copies.
Civil motions will be heard on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. in courtroom 1350. All civil motions must be filed no later than four business days in advance of the hearing (filed by Wednesday for Tuesday’s call; filed by Friday for Thursday’s call).
Criminal motions will be heard on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:45 a.m. in courtroom 1350. All criminal motions must be filed no later than three business days in advance of the hearing (filed by Thursday for Tuesday’s call; filed by Monday for Thursday’s call).
If a District Court Judge refers a motion to Magistrate Judge Cummings, the moving party shall re-notice the motion in accordance with these requirements.
Courtesy Copies: Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, parties are not required to submit courtesy copies of documents consisting of 10 or fewer pages, inclusive of exhibits and attachments. Courtesy copies of all other documents shall be submitted to chambers, room 1356, within one business day of filing.
Telephone Appearances: Although disfavored, the Court will consider requests for leave to appear telephonically at routine hearings that will not require substantive argument when counsel has an office outside the Northern District of Illinois. Attorneys appearing telephonically must have local counsel present in the courtroom. Counsel may request to appear by telephone by sending an email, with a copy to opposing counsel, to Chez Chambers at chez_chambers@ilnd.uscourts.gov at least one day prior to the hearing. The email must include the case name and number, the date and time of the hearing, the name of the attorney seeking to appear by telephone, the name of the party he or she represents, and a direct telephone number where he or she can be reached when the case is called.
