Eiserman & Assocs., LLC v. Rosen, No. 13 C 1315, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 12, 2013) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Zambezia Film Pty. Ltd. v. Does 1-33, No. 13 C 1323, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 12, 2013) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Zambezia Film Pty. Ltd. v. Does 1-60, No. 13 C 1741, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 12, 2013) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
Shoppertrak RCT Corp. v. Objectvideo, No. 13 C 1323, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 12, 2013) (Shadur, Sen. J.).
In each of these cases, Judge Shadur entered similar orders requiring the plaintiff to provide the Court a courtesy copy of its newly filed complaint within one week of the date of the opinion. The Clerk of the Court recently ended its practice of delivering each chambers a courtesy hard copy of any new complaints that it drew. As such, the Court had stopped exempting counsel from its Local Rule 5.2(f) obligation to provide copies of complaints. Going forward, counsel were required to file courtesy copies of complaints. Courtesy copies of complaints are critical in order to allow the Court to control its docket by:
- Reviewing the contents of each complaint;
- Issuing sua sponte orders as necessary regarding the complaint;
- Setting an initial status; and
- Creating a “bible sheet” for the binder the Court maintains as to each case before it.