Puryear v. Marriott International, Inc. et al
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MEMORANDUM Order. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 7/23/2014:Mailed notice(meg, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
CHRISTOPHER PURYEAR,
Plaintiff,
v.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
foreign Corporation and THE PRIME
GROUP, INC., an Illinois corporation,
Defendants.
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Case No. 14 C 5186
MEMORANDUM ORDER
Although this action was brought to this District Court via removal on July 8, 2014,
defense counsel has ignored the explicit directive of this District Court's LR 5.2(f) that requires
the delivery of a paper copy of all pleadings for the assigned judge's use within one business day
after filing. 1 To underscore the importance of that requirement to the case management
procedures followed by this Court, the first paragraph in its website repeats the requirement,
adding that a delivery to this Court's chambers on the date of filing, if possible, would be
appreciated (although such earlier delivery is not essential).
Despite the literal one-business-day requirement of LR 5.2(f), this Court has customarily
allowed a grace period -- at least a few working days, sometimes longer 2 -- before the issuance
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In an effort to monitor compliance with that requirement (which has regrettably not
always been adhered to by lawyers), both this Court's secretary and its courtroom deputy
maintain lists of all deliveries by counsel to this Court's chambers. Although that recordkeeping
is intended to be error-free, if counsel here were to establish that what is said in this
memorandum order is in error, the sanction called for by this memorandum order will of course
be rescinded.
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That variance stems from obtaining the Clerk's Office printouts reflecting new case
filings only sporadically, rather than on a regular (say weekly) basis.
of this type of memorandum order. In this instance that added time has elapsed without
compliance by defendants' counsel, and this Court hereby orders:
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that the missing copies of all pleadings be delivered to this Court's
chambers forthwith and
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that such delivery be accompanied by a check for $100 payable to the
"Clerk of the District Court" by reason of the LR 5.2(f) violation, a
requirement foreshadowed by the opening provision in this Court's
website.
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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: July 23, 2014
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