Judge Caroline Kate Moreland
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Brief
- 1 copy • Email
Brief, Response Brief, Reply Brief
- Email • At Next Clerk Status Date
Courtesy copies
- Upon request
Motion, Brief, Pleadings
- Email • At Clerks Status
Communication
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Page & Word Limits3 rules
There is a 15-page limit on all motions and response briefs. There is a 10-page limit on reply briefs. These page limits include all supporting memoranda, and exclude any supporting exhibits.
- Motion
- Up to 15 pages
- Reply brief
- Up to 10 pages
Excluded from page count
- •Exhibits
Parties must submit a 2-3 page settlement memo via email at least three business days before the settlement conference.
- Settlement memo
- Up to 3 pages
Court's wording
At least three (3) business days prior to the settlement conference, parties shall submit via e-mail, a 2-3 page settlement memo including: a. Nature of the case and brief factual summary; b. Outstanding legal issues and procedural history; and c. Settlement position.
There is a 15-page limit on Supporting and Responsive briefs. There is a 10-page limit on Reply briefs. Leave of court is required to file a brief in excess of these limits.
- Supporting brief
- Up to 15 pages
- Response brief
- Up to 15 pages
- Reply brief
- Up to 10 pages
Document Format Requirements4 rules
Pleadings and Motions must be sent in .pdf format and otherwise comply with this standing order.
- File type
- Pleadings
- Motion
All Pleadings and Motions should be typed in 12-point font, double-spaced, with 1-inch
- Font size
- 12 points
- Line spacing
- Double
- Margins
- 1 inch
- Pleadings
- Motion
Parties should submit all orders in Word format.
- File type
- Word
- Proposed order
All briefs shall be double-spaced, using 12-point font and 1-inch margins.
- Font size
- 12 points
- Line spacing
- Double
- Margins
- 1 inch
- Brief
Document Filing Requirements14 rules
All administrative records, regardless of exhibit length, must be submitted electronically with a table of contents.
- Document
- Administrative record
Must include
- •Table of contents
Voluntary Dismissals: Litigants are required to strike any future court dates in a proposed agreed dismissal order.
The subject line of the e-mail submission must include the case caption and case number. E.g., “19CH12345 Anguiano v. Jedrasek”
- Document
- Courtesy copy submission email
Must include
- •Caption
- •Case number
Pleadings that attach exhibits must include a table of contents, and the exhibits must be clearly marked.
- Document
- Pleadings with exhibits
Must include
- •Table of contents
Any attached documents must include the case number and abbreviated title of the pleading or brief. E.g., “19CH12345 Pl.’s Compl.”
- Document
- Courtesy copy attachment
Must include
- •Case number
All motions require a notice of filing and notice of motion.
Briefs filed in excess of the page limitations will not be accepted without leave of Court upon written motion containing good cause. Agreed orders extending the page limits will not be accepted.
Motions for default must attach the actual affidavit of service from the Cook County Sheriff or special process server; a Sheriff website printout is insufficient.
Court's wording
Motions for default must be accompanied by the actual affidavit of service from the Cook County Sheriff or the special process server. A printout of the status of service from the Cook County Sheriff’s website is not an affidavit of service and is not sufficient to prove service.
Special Process Server: Motions for the Appointment of a Special Process Server must include the license number of the process server to be appointed, the address where service is sought, and a statement that service was attempted through the Sheriff’s Office.
The emergency email must include the file-stamped emergency motion and a copy of the verified complaint.
Court's wording
Counsel for the movant must submit the file-stamped emergency motion and a copy of the verified complaint via email to the Court before 3:00 p.m. to discuss scheduling of an emergency motion or TRO with the law clerk.
At least three (3) business days prior to the settlement conference, parties shall submit via e-mail, a 2-3 page settlement memo including: a. Nature of the case and brief factual summary; b. Outstanding legal issues and procedural history; and c. Settlement position.
On removal, litigants should email a proposed order identifying the court to which the case was removed and striking all future dates in this Court.
Court's wording
The Court requests that litigants e-mail copies of a proposed order striking the case from the call if it has been removed to another court. The order must specify which court the case has been removed to, and must strike any future dates in this Court, including the initial case management date.
After scheduling the emergency motion, parties must file a notice of motion.
Sur-reply and sur-response briefs are discouraged and will not be accepted without leave of Court upon written motion containing good cause. Agreed orders allowing for the filing of sur-replies will not be accepted.
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
Routine motions, unopposed motions, and agreed orders may be presented by email off call, with all parties CC'd.
Routine Motions, Unopposed Motions, and Agreed Orders may be presented to the Court off call via email. All parties should be CC’d on the email submission.
Civil cases
Page 2 | III. Motions
Contested and non-agreed routine motions are scheduled through the online e-filing system for the next available Motion Call or an existing status date.
Scheduling for presentation of contested motions and routine motions that are not agreed is done through the online e-filing system. Litigants may notice presentment of contested or routine motions on the next available 10:30 a.m. Motion Call or “piggy-back” motions onto existing status dates.
Civil cases
Page 2 | III. Motions
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Counsel for the movant in an emergency matter or TRO must email chamber materials before 3:00 p.m. to schedule with the law clerk.
Counsel for the movant must submit the file-stamped emergency motion and a copy of the verified complaint via email to the Court before 3:00 p.m. to discuss scheduling of an emergency motion or TRO with the law clerk.
Civil cases
Page 4 | VI. Emergency Motions and TROs
Settlement memo must be submitted via email at least three business days before the settlement conference.
At least three (3) business days prior to the settlement conference, parties shall submit via e-mail, a 2-3 page settlement memo including: a. Nature of the case and brief factual summary; b. Outstanding legal issues and procedural history; and c. Settlement position.
Civil cases
Page 1 | Settlement Conference Order
Non-compliant courtesy copies may be rejected by the Court.
The Court may reject any courtesy copies not in compliance with this standing order.
Civil cases
Page 2 | II. Courtesy Copies
Service and Proof of Service Rules
All served parties must receive notice of a motion for default even if they have not appeared.
All parties who have been served must be given notice of the motion for default, even if they have not filed an appearance.
Civil cases
Page 3 | III. Motions
The moving in an emergency must email file-stamped courtesy copies of the complaint, motion, and notice of motion to all opposing parties.
The movant must provide notice of the scheduled hearing on the emergency motion by emailing all opposing parties file-stamped courtesy copies of the complaint, motion, and notice of motion.
Civil cases
Page 4 | VI. Emergency Motions and TROs
Courtesy Copy Requirements
Parties must email file-stamped courtesy copies of every pleading, motion, and notice of motion to the Court's chambers email.
The Court does not automatically receive copies of filings made through the Clerk’s electronic system; thus, parties must submit file-stamped courtesy copies of all pleadings, motions, and notices of motions to the Court via email to CCC.ChanceryCalendar10@cookcountyil.gov.
Civil cases
Page 1 | II. Courtesy Copies
At Clerk's Status, the movant must email the Court a complete set of courtesy copies (all briefs and relevant pleadings) as PDF attachments in one email to CCC.Chancerycalendar10@cookcountyil.gov.
At Clerk’s Status, the movant is required to supply the Court with a complete set of courtesy copies, including all briefs and any relevant pleadings. Copies should be formatted in accordance with the standing order and sent as PDF attachments in one email to CCC.Chancerycalendar10@cookcountyil.gov.
Civil cases
Page 1 | BRIEFING SCHEDULE ORDER
The Court may, at its discretion, later require hard-copy courtesy copies and will provide submission instructions upon request.
The Court may request hard copy courtesy copies at its discretion. The Court will notify parties if hard copy courtesy copies are necessary and advise parties on how to submit hard copy courtesy copies at the time of the request.
Civil cases
Page 2 | II. Courtesy Copies
If pleadings are not attached to the briefs, the movant must include file-stamped courtesy copies of the pleadings in the Clerk’s Status email.
If the pleadings are not attached as an exhibit to the briefs, the movant shall include file-stamped courtesy copies of the pleadings in the Clerk’s Status email.
Civil cases
Page 3 | V. Clerk’s Status
The movant must email courtesy copies of all parties’ briefs to the Law Clerk in a single email and CC all parties, including non-briefing parties.
The movant must send one email containing courtesy copies of all parties’ briefings to the Law Clerk at CCC.Chancerycalendar10@cookcountyil.gov. The movant must CC all parties, including those who did not brief the current motion.
Civil cases
Page 3 | V. Clerk’s Status
After a briefing schedule is set, courtesy copies of briefings may be deferred until the Clerk's Status date.
Once parties have entered into a briefing schedule on a motion, parties can wait to submit courtesy copies of the briefings (e.g. the response and reply) until the Clerk’s Status date.
Civil cases
Page 2 | II. Courtesy Copies
If the full courtesy-copy set is too large for a single email, parties should upload the files to the Court’s provided DropBox link.
If the full set of courtesy copies is too large to send in one email, parties should upload the files to the DropBox link provided by the Court upon request.
Civil cases
Page 3 | V. Clerk’s Status
Hard-copy courtesy copies are required only if the Court requests them, and the Court will provide submission instructions at that point.
The Court will notify parties if hard copy courtesy copies are necessary and advise parties on how to submit hard copy courtesy copies at the time of the request.
Civil cases
Page 4 | V. Clerk’s Status
Chambers Communication Rules
Clerk’s statuses occur by email at 9:30 a.m. on the first Friday after a reply is due, with no appearance required.
Clerk’s Statuses are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on the first Friday after a reply is due. b. Clerk’s Statuses are conducted via email. No appearance is necessary.
Civil cases
Page 3 | V. Clerk’s Status
Interpreter requests to the law clerk should be made no fewer than three days before the scheduled court date, as soon as the need arises.
If an interpreter is needed, The party should contact the law clerk as soon as the need for an interpreter arises, but not later than the third (3) days before the scheduled court date.
Civil cases
Page 4 | VII. Court Reporters and Interpreters