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All motions/petitions and notices of motion must be filed with the Clerk of Court either in Room 802 of the Daley Center or at any of the offices located at the suburban municipal district courthouses. If your motion/petition is not filed before you come to court, the judge may not hear your motion.

O You must file the Appearance form in the county where the court case is filed. o Make copies of your original Appearance for yourself and each party in the case. o Bring the original Appearance and the copies to the Circuit Clerk at the courthouse. Appearance, and return these copies to you.

A motion is a written request to the court to ask for a decision. There are many reasons to file a motion. Motions ask the court to enter an order to ask for the court's permission to do something or to require the other side to do something. Either side in a case can file a motion.

Filing a Motion via E-filing You must e-file your documents unless you (1) are an inmate in a prison or jail and do not have a lawyer, (2) you have a disability that prevents you from e-filing, or (3) you qualify for an exemption from e-filing (see below for details).

Be as persuasive as possible as you write your motion in a sequential, logical format. Express your ideas clearly, and make sure you outline what steps are necessary and how they will help your case. Use facts of the case whenever you can to avoid baseless emotional appeals.

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) PACER is provided by the federal Judiciary in keeping with its commitment to providing public access to court information via a centralized service. Our PACER dockets for civil cases extend back to October of 1989; criminal cases go back to April of 1992.