Subject Index Judges and Judiciary

On June 3, 2021, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that a trial court judge is protected by judicial immunity in a suit against him for failing to grant a plaintiff’s fee waiver.

On May 20, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed and remanded an Illinois Appellate Court’s decision holding that the “test the waters” doctrine was a valid basis for denying a party’s motion for substitution of judge as of right under section 2-1001(a)(2) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure.

On Sept. 14, 2018, the Second District Appellate Court of Illinois held that a recused or otherwise disqualified judge has no power to enter further substantive orders in the case, absent, where applicable, a Rule 63(D) remittal. Employing reasoning from the reading of a prior case addressing the issue of judicial recusal, Brzowski v. Brzowski, 2014 IL App (3d) 130404, the court concluded that a recused judge cannot reconsider his or her recusal, as that would be a substantive decision.

The court clerk is required to post a notice containing information for filing a complaint against a judge.