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News & Announcements

Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.

November 7, 2022
Honorable Eric I. Long’s reappointment as a Magistrate Judge for the Central District of Illinois
July 28, 2022
Public Notice Regarding Procedure for Comments to the Merit Selection Panel for the Reappointment of United States Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long
May 13, 2022
Senator Durbin, Senator Duckworth Announce Screening Committee, Application Process for Federal District Court in the Central District of Illinois.

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that they will begin accepting applications from those interested in serving as a Federal District...

April 1, 2022
Karen L. McNaught appointed as United States Magistrate Judge
December 27, 2021
Honorable Jonathan E. Hawley’s reappointment as a Magistrate Judge for the Central District of Illinois
September 30, 2021
Federal Public Defender Vacancy for the Southern District of Illinois
September 20, 2021
Public Notice RE: Elimination of Local Rule 16.2

Updated September 21, 2021 (to include additional language)

August 18, 2021
Free Zoom CLE: Representing Vulnerable Individuals: Explore ways to represent vulnerable populations, including domestic violence survivors, and the resources available to them.

2021 Power Act Program

July 2, 2021
Revised Pattern Civil Jury Instructions (Patents)

The 2020 revisions to Part 11 (Patents) of the Seventh Circuit’s Pattern Civil Jury Instructions is attached and has been approved for publication by the Circuit Council.

July 1, 2021
Magistrate Judge Paul E. Singleton appointed as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

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