UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINIOS
WESTERN DIVISION
STANDING ORDER FOR RULE 56 MOTIONS
Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows the
filing of a motion for summary judgment at anytime after the
parties are at issue. In the Western Division, each party may
file one motion for summary judgment as a matter of right. The
motion for summary judgment must be filed in conformity with the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and all local rules of the
Northern District of Illinois.
No party shall file a second or successive motion for
summary judgment, without the permission of either the Magistrate
Judge or the District Court Judge, which permission shall only be
given in extraordinary circumstances.
E N T E R:
Philip G. Reinhard, Judge
United States District Court
DATED: September 22, 2003
