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Everett McKinley Dirksen
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Chicago, IL 60604
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News and Announcements
05/17/17
New
Chief Judge Diane P. Wood is pleased to announce the appointment of Judge James R. Ahler to a 14-year term as United States Bankruptcy Judge.
Chief Judge Diane P. Wood is pleased to announce the appointment of Judge James R. Ahler to a 14-year term as United States Bankruptcy Judge.
04/19/17
New
The Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals
[If you do not see the 2017 edition, you may need to clear your browser cache.]
The Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals
[If you do not see the 2017 edition, you may need to clear your browser cache.]
On April 01, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals increased
the maximum allowable PDF file size for documents filed in the
Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system from
10 MB to 35 MB.
Note
The most current release of Firefox, version 52 released 3/7/2017, does NOT work with CM/ECF.
If you have already updated to this version, you will need to use Internet Explorer (IE) to file until further notice. We are currently working on a fix for this issue.
The most current release of Firefox, version 52 released 3/7/2017, does NOT work with CM/ECF.
If you have already updated to this version, you will need to use Internet Explorer (IE) to file until further notice. We are currently working on a fix for this issue.
03/07/17
Proposed revisions to Seventh Circuit Criminal Jury Instructions regarding 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offenses
For more information: Pattern Jury Instructions web page
For more information: Pattern Jury Instructions web page
12/01/16
• Appellate and Circuit rule changes are effective December 01, 2016.
| – details of Appellate Rule changes | |
| – details of Circuit Rule changes |
09/21/2016
05/02/16
Justices Elena Kagan and John Paul Stevens in a conversation with Chief Judge Diane Wood on the Supreme Court: [alternate link: http://www.c-span.org/video/?408836-1/justices-kagan-stevens-supreme-court
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