Northern District of Illinois

Judge Edmond E. Chang

Courtroom: 2341 | Chambers: 2346 | Telephone #: (312) 435-5795 | Fax No.: (312) 554-8059

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The Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Project ended on June 1, 2020. Cases filed before that date are still governed by it, but those cases filed June 2, 2020 and onward are not.

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Judge Chang will not be hearing notices of motions from July 24 through and including July 28, 2023. Any emergency matter must be presented first (1) from July 24 through July 26, to courtroom deputy Claire Newman (Claire_Newman@ilnd.uscourts.gov or (312) 435-5544); or (2) from July 27 to July 28, to courtroom deputy Michael Wing (Michael_Wing@ilnd.uscourts.gov or (312) 408-5121).

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Tuesday, October 3, 20237 cases

Case #	Name	Time	Type
1:19-cr-00557	USA v. Mei	08:30AM	Notice of Motion
1:20-cv-00695	Tubbs v. Chicago Transit Authority	08:30AM	Notice of Motion
1:23-cr-00170	USA v. Andrews	09:00AM	Notice of Motion
1:21-cr-00323	USA v. Ristik	10:00AM	Notice of Motion
1:21-cr-00323	USA v. Ristik	10:00AM	Status Hearing
1:12-cr-00255	USA v. Harris	10:30AM	Status Hearing
1:19-cr-00070	USA v. Berry	01:30PM	Initial Appearance

Wednesday, October 4, 20234 cases

Case #	Name	Time	Type
1:13-cr-00739	USA v. Harris	10:00AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cr-00350	USA v. Agee	10:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cr-00129	USA v. Love	11:00AM	Change of Plea Hearing
1:22-cr-00329	USA v. Gutierrez	01:15PM	Motion Hearing

Thursday, October 5, 20233 cases

Case #	Name	Time	Type
1:23-cv-04941	Lake Shore Public Adjusters Group LLC v....	08:30AM	Notice of Motion
1:23-cv-00358	Neilson v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HUNTLEY...	09:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cr-00170	USA v. Andrews	10:00AM	Motion Hearing

Friday, October 6, 202361 cases

Case #	Name	Time	Type
1:13-cr-00268	USA v. Blackman	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:14-cv-08536	Holmes v. Officer George Hernandez	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:15-cv-11559	Watson v. City Of Chicago	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:18-cv-08144	Velez v. City of Chicago	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:19-cr-00277	USA v. Malinek	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:19-cr-00733	USA v. Owen	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:19-cv-02952	Art Akiane LLC v. Art & SoulWorks LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:19-cv-03052	DOE, Individually and as the legal guard...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:20-cv-00706	Pulford v. Alan Wire Company	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:20-cv-01331	O'Malley v. Kass Management Services Inc...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:20-cv-03505	Milner v. Head Sheriff Dart	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:20-cv-07759	Perez v. City of Aurora	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cr-00232	USA v. Carlberg	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cv-01417	Anderson v. American Postal Workers Unio...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cv-03085	Biesterfeld v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cv-03935	Myles v. Cook County	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cv-04875	Reyes v. Cook County Board of Review	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cv-05427	Cavanaugh v. LYTX, INC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cv-06278	Hill v. SLSG Pro, LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cv-06344	Shah v. CEC Employee Group, LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:21-cv-06434	London v. Etrade Securities LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-00147	Rolle v. Creedon	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-00170	Severinghaus v. Docusign, Inc.	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-01028	Booker v. Walsh	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-01409	Moore v. Village of Maywood	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-01753	Rolle v. Creedon	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-03225	Gonzalez v. Hearth & Home Technologies	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-03394	Earls-Rozelle v. Chorle	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-03624	NAV Consulting Inc. v. Kumawat	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-03681	Junious v. W. Baker	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-05068	Timmons v. Lytx, Inc.	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-05099	Arnold v. Commissioner of the Social Sec...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-05396	Jenkins v. Covarrubias	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-05487	State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. ...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-05568	Taiym v. 7400 S. Halsted Food And Liquor...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-06141	Rodriguez v. Guevara	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-06427	Reyes v. Aspire Home Health Care, LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-06682	Johnson v. Transunion Rental Screening S...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-06774	Conway v. ProManage LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cr-00039	USA v. Anderson	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cr-00115	USA v. Rivera	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-00522	Hunt v. City of Chicago	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-00813	Webb v. Sinai Chicago Hospital	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-00971	Fuentes v. Northeast Illinois Regional C...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-01722	Hall v. Ascend Loans, LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-02397	National Immigrant Justice Center v. Dep...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-03608	Barbee v. T-Mobile Central LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-04810	Midwest Operating Engineers Welfare Fund...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-04957	American Family Connect Property and Cas...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-05398	Tinoco v. Johnson Controls Inc	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-05443	Vanvleet v. Era Transport, Inc.	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-05553	Eugene v. Chicago State University	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-05594	Coyote Logisitcs LLC v. Velle's Transpor...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-05599	Edel Logistics, Inc. v. Speedco, Inc.	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-05680	Dubberke v. Wendy's International, LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-06006	Lopez v. Kijakazi	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-06315	Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Compa...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-06335	Sorto Ramos v. U.S. Citizenship and Immi...	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-07189	Grenadyor v. Platform Lending, LLC	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:23-cv-07703	Ames v. Menards, Inc.	08:30AM	Status Hearing
1:22-cv-03760	Apa v. Apa	8:30AM	Status Hearing

Number of Days Notice: 3 business days

Motion Type	Day	Time
Civil & non-custodial Criminal	M, Tu, W, Th	8:30 a.m.
in-custody Criminal and defendant attendance required	M, Tu, W, Th	9 a.m.

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