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Garcia v. City of Chicago, No. 07 C 5828, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Dec. 10, 2007) (Shadur, J.).

Judge Shadur sua sponte struck certain denials in defendant’s answer. The Court held that it was improper to deny those allegations for which defendant stated it lacked sufficient information or belief to respond and, therefore, struck them from the answer. Additionally, the Court noted that defendants had not provided the Court with courtesy copies pursuant to Local Rule 5.2(e).

Practice tip: Courtesy copies often get lost in the administrative shuffle after a complex filing. But there are few things more important than providing the Court with easy access to your papers.

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Here is some recent Northern District news:

• Judge Coar recently updated his case management procedures (click here to read them) to state that pursuant to Local Rule 5.2(e), parties are no longer to provide courtesy copies of electronically filed papers to Judge Coar's chambers, except for papers pertaining to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 or Local Rule 56.1 (summary judgment papers).
  
• Magistrate Judges Brown (Eastern Division -- Chicago) and Mahoney (Western Division -- Rockford) are both up for reappointment in early 2008.  Pursuant to federal law, the Court has established a citizen's panel to consider their reappointments.  Members of the bar, as well as the general public, are requested to forward comments regarding the reappointments no later than January 18, 2008, to:

Magistrate Judge Advisory Panel
c/o Mr. Michael W. Dobbins
Clerk of Court
U.S. District Court
219 South Dearborn St. -- Rm. 2050
Chicago, IL 60604

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