{"id":3986,"date":"2014-07-29T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2014-07-27T09:23:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T14:23:32","slug":"illinois-federal-rules-procedure-results-compared-missed-filing-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-federal-rules-procedure-results-compared-missed-filing-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois and Federal Rules of Procedure Results Compared in Missed Filing Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal court rules are different than those in Illinois. Lawyers who may be used to operating under the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure need to be aware of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(a),<\/a> which says, \u201cA motion to alter or amend a judgment must be filed no later than 28 days after entry of the judgment.\u201d Under the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS 5\/2-1202(c)<\/a> and 5\/2-1203(a), one is allowed 30 days to ask a state court judge to reconsider a judgment.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Patricia Banks and her lawyer, she may have been following the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure rather than Federal Rule 59 when she asked the federal district court judge to reconsider the summary judgment it entered against her and in favor of the defendants.<\/p>\n

Banks sued her former employer, the Chicago Board of Education<\/a>, and her former supervisor, Florence Gonzalez, alleging race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 <\/a>and related violations of federal and state law. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.<\/p>\n

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The federal court rules are different than those in Illinois. 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