| Ex. FED-338 | General Order 20-0012 (original)In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency | Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer | United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt | Mar. 12, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CHI-057 | County Division General Administrative Order 2020-01COVID-19 County Division Procedures | Presiding Judge, County Division, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, County DivisionCourt | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-037 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency MeasuresAll matters in all Districts and Divisions rescheduled and continued 30 days; judges and employees to work remotely; Sheriff to cease… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. IL-062 | M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency (order of March 17, 2020)Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency: temporary procedures; essential matters remote where feasible; non-essential matters… | Supreme Court of Illinois | Illinois (all appellate and circuit courts)Court | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. IL-063 | M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Impact on Trials (order of April 7, 2020, amending the orders of March 20 and April 3, 2020)Impact on Trials: chief judges may continue trials until further order; speedy-trial time excluded and tolled | Supreme Court of Illinois | IllinoisCourt | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CHI-058 | Law Division General Administrative Order 20-5Amending Recent Shelter in Place GAO 2020-1 (effective May 13, 2020) | Presiding Judge, Law Division, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Law DivisionCourt | May 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. IL-064 | M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency (order of May 20, 2020, modifying the orders of March 17 and April 7, 2020)Resumption of court matters from June 1, 2020 per chief-judge plans; remote hearings promoted; trial continuances continued and speedy-trial… | Supreme Court of Illinois | IllinoisCourt | May 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CHI-059 | Chancery Division General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (Amended June 4, 2020)COVID-19 Measures Transition Plan | Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Chancery DivisionCourt | June 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-16-027 | Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church v. Pritzker, No. 20-1811, 962 F.3d 341Opinion affirming denial of injunction | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Easterbrook, J.) | United States (Illinois orders)Court | June 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020)Resumption of operations from July 6, 2020 with all matters by videoconference to the extent reasonably possible, no jury trials, remote… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and suburban Cook County; the largest unified trial court in the United States)Court | Sept. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. IL-065 | M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency (order of August 27, 2020, replacing subpart F of the March 17, 2020 order)Courthouse entry conditions: no entry without a mask or face covering; exclusion of symptomatic persons and persons under quarantine or… | Supreme Court of Illinois | IllinoisCourt | Aug. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. IL-066 | M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Reduction of Unnecessary In-Person Court Appearances (order of August 27, 2020; amended Sept. 23, 2020 and Feb. 10, 2021)Reduction of unnecessary in-person court appearances; remote hearings for fee-waiver applications and civil matters | Supreme Court of Illinois | IllinoisCourt | Aug. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CHI-054 | Chancery Division General Administrative Order No. 2020-11COVID-19 Measures (9) | Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, pursuant to Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans' General Administrative Order 2020-02 | Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Chancery DivisionCourt | Sept. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-IL-010 | Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623Reversal of a temporary restraining order against Executive Order 2020-61; the IEMA Act plainly authorizes successive disaster… | Illinois Appellate Court, Second District (Justice Zenoff, with Justices Hutchinson and Brennan) | Illinois (Appellate Court, Second District)Court | Nov. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-339 | Eighth Amended General Order 20-0012In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency (Eighth Amended) | Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer | United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt | Nov. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-07: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Modification of OperationsWinter 2020 re-tightening: all matters by videoconference except in extraordinary or compelling circumstances; judges and employees to work… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Nov. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachmentsEstablishment of the Early Resolution Program for residential eviction and consumer-debt cases (free legal aid and mediation before cases… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Dec. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. FED-296 | Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency (Tenth Amended) | Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer | United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, Rockford)Court | Feb. 12, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. IL-067 | M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Residential Eviction Proceedings (amended order of April 6, 2021, amending the orders of Dec. 22, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021)Residential eviction proceedings: certification form required with every eviction complaint; judicial review of every eviction filing until… | Supreme Court of Illinois | IllinoisCourt | Apr. 6, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021)Spring 2021 amendment: videoconference remains the default for all matters; judges to work remotely; masks for all persons; residential… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Apr. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-IL-011 | JL Properties Group B, LLC v. Pritzker, 2021 IL App (3d) 200305Affirmance of the circuit court's refusal of a preliminary injunction against the Governor's residential eviction moratoria; the special… | Illinois Appellate Court, Third District (majority; Presiding Justice McDade specially concurring) | Illinois (Appellate Court, Third District)Court | May 21, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-297 | Amended General Order 21-0006 (May 26, 2021)In re: Plan for the Safe Resumption of Jury Trials and Court Operations (Amended May 26, 2021) | Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee) | United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt | May 26, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-301 | Fifth Amended General Order 20-0022In re: Criminal Case Procedures During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Fifth Amended) | Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer | United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt | June 21, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-038 | General Administrative Order No. 2021-02: Residential eviction proceedings, proceduresProcedures governing residential eviction proceedings from June 25, 2021 as the statewide moratorium was phased out: which cases may be… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | June 25, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-299 | Third Amended Order Concerning Face Masks/Coverings in Public Areas of CourthousesIn re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency - Order Concerning Face Masks/Coverings in Public Areas of Courthouses (Third Amended, July 30… | Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer | United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt | July 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |