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Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer
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Chambers:
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To anyone who has seen a "final approval order" in a case with the number Case No. 2:2026cv01982-ICF, Dept.:501-A: Judge Pallmeyer did not sign this order. No such case is pending in this court. If you have been victimized by the person[s] circulating this order, please contact the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at
https://www.ic3.gov/
to file a complaint. The IC3 is the central hub for reporting cyber-enabled crime and is operated by the FBI, the lead federal agency for investigating crime.
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Motions and Courtesy Copies
Courtesy copies are no longer required and motions shall not be noticed for presentment. Parties shall propose a briefing schedule on opposed motions.
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Transcripts
Please contact Judge Pallmeyer's court reporter at least five business
days before the start of any proceeding for which you anticipate needing
daily or hourly transcript and/or a real-time feed or rough-draft
transcript so that these services can be scheduled. A deposit may be
required.
All other transcript requests should be placed using the Court's online transcript order form, which can be found
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Procedures to be followed in cases assigned to
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Initial Status Conference
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The court will set a date for submission of a proposed pretrial plan approximately 60 days after filing of the complaint. The parties are expected to confer in person or by phone to complete the Report of Parties' Planning Meeting form for presentation to the court. The Report form may be downloaded from this page or obtained from the clerk’s office.
Report of Parties' Planning Meeting
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Motion Practice
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Until further notice, courtesy copies are no longer required and motions shall not be noticed for presentment. Parties shall propose a briefing schedule on opposed motions by email to the Courtroom Deputy, Christina Presslak.
The court will entertain requests for oral argument on contested motions, and will be favorably inclined to hear such arguments by newer lawyers. The Court strongly encourages parties to permit less experienced lawyers to actively participate in the proceedings by presenting argument at motion hearings or examining witnesses at trial.
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Courtesy copies are no longer required, unless specifically requested in a particular case.
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The court encourages the parties to work out discovery disputes and discourages the filing of discovery motions.
In any motion related to a discovery dispute, the movant shall state when and how the movant complied with
Local Rule 37.2
. Unless a difficult privilege issue is presented, the court will ordinarily rule from the bench after argument on discovery motions without entertaining briefs.
Parties are reminded that there is no "order" in which discovery must occur, and that one party's failure or inability to respond to discovery requests will not excuse any other party's prompt compliance.
Parties are advised, further, that the court will not sustain an objection that a particular request is "burdensome" without specifics regarding the effort required to comply with the request, and the number of documents likely to be generated by compliance.
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Presumption of Public Access to Court Filings
The court will not enter protective orders that by their terms permit the parties to designate material for filing under seal.
A party seeking to file any document under seal must show good cause in support of a motion for an order sealing that document. Any such motion shall include a brief description of each document that party seeks to file under seal. The party should be prepared to present copies of each document to the court on the day of hearing.
Counsel drafting protective orders are invited to consider adopting language such as this:
The parties agree to redact confidential information contained in any materials filed in
court and will, if necessary, present unredacted copies of the confidential materials to the assigned judge for in camera review.
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Upon request of all parties, the court will participate in a settlement conference or refer the case to the designated magistrate judge for such a conference. When Judge Pallmeyer conducts a settlement conference, the parties are expected to convene in the courtroom. Individual clients (and principals of institutional clients) are expected to be present in person.
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All final pretrial orders are to be filed with the Clerk’s Office with a courtesy copy to the Judge. Courtesy copy should be 3-hole punched, tabbed, and placed in a three-ring binder.
Absent prior leave of court, motions
in limine
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requests and responses may be combined in a single filing.
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Parties in civil cases are encouraged to review the Seventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions and use them, if appropriate:
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Proposed Orders are technically not to be "filed." Rather, they are to be "submitted" to the judge to consider, to modify, if appropriate, and to enter electronically. For example, proposed orders such as stipulated protective orders require court approval before actually being given full effect. To prevent confusion, such proposed orders must be attached to an e-mail sent to the e-mail address of the assigned judge,
[email protected]
The subject line of the e-mail must include the case number and name, the docket number of the corresponding motion, if any, and the title of the order that is proposed. All such documents must be submitted to the court in a format compatible with Microsoft Word, which is a "Save As" option in most word processing software. Such proposed orders should also be served on all parties.
Select a date below to view all schedules.
Thursday, July 23, 2026
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Case No.
Name
Time
Type
3:25-cv-50048
Milk & Honey Coop, LLC v. Village of Lakemoor
11:00AM
Status Hearing
1:04-cr-00495
USA v. Rainey
11:15AM
Telephone Conference
1:25-cv-03454
Bickel v. Nordic Energy Services, LLC
11:30AM
Status Hearing
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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Case No.
Name
Time
Type
3:24-cv-50315
Williams v. City of Rockford, Illinois
11:00AM
Telephone Conference
1:25-cv-07877
Tull Acquisitions LLC v. Core MR Westview, LLC
11:15AM
Status Hearing
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Hannah Williams
(312) 435-5561
Room 2504
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Christina Presslak
(312) 435-5637
Room 2506A
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Susan Kelly Lenburg
Law Clerk
Salma Abdelrahman
Drew Beussink
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