Local Rule RULE 40.1: ASSIGNMENT OF CASES AND PLACE OF FILING
C.D. Ill. — Civil rule
RULE 40.1 ASSIGNMENT OF CASES AND PLACE OF FILING
(A) PEORIA All complaints and subsequent filings in cases which arise from the following counties: Fulton, Livingston, Marshall, McLean, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford will be filed at PEORIA, ILLINOIS.
(B) SPRINGFIELD All complaints and subsequent filings in cases which arise from the following counties: Adams, Brown, Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Greene, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Scott, and Shelby, will be filed at SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
(C) ROCK ISLAND All complaints and subsequent filings in cases which arise from the following counties: Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Schuyler and Warren will be filed at ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.
(D) URBANA All complaints and subsequent filings in cases which arise from the following counties: Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, and Vermillion will be filed at URBANA, ILLINOIS.
(E) All complaints and subsequent filings in cases filed in the Central District of Illinois must identify in the caption of such pleading or document, the division in which the case is pending.
(F) As part of the statement of jurisdiction, the initial pleadings in each case must state the basis for filing in the division selected.
revised 06/2015