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Puryear v. Marriott Int'l, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION
Jul 23, 2014
Case No. 14 C 5186 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 23, 2014)

Opinion

Case No. 14 C 5186

07-23-2014

CHRISTOPHER PURYEAR, Plaintiff, v. MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., a foreign Corporation and THE PRIME GROUP, INC., an Illinois corporation, Defendants.


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. 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).

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what is said in this memorandum order is in error, the sanction called for by this memorandum order will of course be rescinded.

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 -- before the issuance of this type of memorandum order. In this instance that added time has elapsed without compliance by defendants' counsel, and this Court hereby orders:

That variance stems from obtaining the Clerk's Office printouts reflecting new case filings only sporadically, rather than on a regular (say weekly) basis.
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1. that the missing copies of all pleadings be delivered to this Court's chambers forthwith and
2. 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


Summaries of

Puryear v. Marriott Int'l, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION
Jul 23, 2014
Case No. 14 C 5186 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 23, 2014)
Case details for

Puryear v. Marriott Int'l, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:CHRISTOPHER PURYEAR, Plaintiff, v. MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., a foreign…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION

Date published: Jul 23, 2014

Citations

Case No. 14 C 5186 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 23, 2014)