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News & Announcements: 2025
Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
04/30/2025
Starting mid-May, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court (AO) will begin implementing multifactor authentication (MFA) to enhance system security for PACER and CM/ECF. MFA provides an added layer of security to accounts by helping to protect against cyberattacks and other security risks, significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized access.
Once implemented, all CM/ECF and PACER users will be able to enroll in MFA.
Users with any type of CM/ECF-level access will be required to enroll in MFA. Those who do not voluntarily enroll will be randomly selected to enroll and will be notified of the MFA requirement at login. By the end of 2025, all users with CM/ECF-level access will be required to use MFA.
Users with PACER-only accounts that do not have filing privileges in any court will have the option to enroll.
Additional information can be found on the PACER website: https://pacer.uscourts.gov/announcements/2025/04/04/multifactor-authentication-coming-soon
04/28/2025
The Clerk’s Offices in both Madison and Eau Claire will be closed for all in-person filings on Friday, May 16, 2025, to enable staff to attend a district-wide training program. CM/ECF will be fully operational and will be accepting electronic filings from registered users. Documents that must be filed in-person can be delivered to U.S. District Court located at 120 North Henry Street, Room 320, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Documents that would normally be filed in-person at the Eau Claire divisional office can be dropped off in the court’s drop box located on the first floor of the Eau Claire Courthouse.
Procedure for Emergency Filings: For questions regarding emergency filing or to make arrangements to file an emergency document on Friday, May 16, 2025, please contact the Clerk’s Office at (833) 758-0380.
03/21/2025
The upcoming Pay.gov unavailability scheduled for Saturday, March 22, 2025, has been rescheduled to Saturday, March 29, 2025, from 5:00pm to 9:00pm CT. No payments can be made through Pay.gov during this time. If you have questions, please contact the clerk's office at (833) 758-0380.
03/20/2025
UPDATE HERE.
Pay.gov services will be unavailable on Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 5:00pm to 9:00pm CT. No payments can be made through Pay.gov during this time. If you have questions, please contact the clerk's office at (833) 758-0380.
03/17/2025
The Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit seeks applications from all qualified applicants to fill up to three positions as a bankruptcy judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois with a duty station in Chicago, Illinois. The positions will be available in early 2026. Applicants must be willing to travel to other locations in the Seventh Circuit to handle cases as need arises.
Applications are due by April 10, 2025. Interested applicants may obtain an application and instructions by accessing the website of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
03/11/2025
On April 5, 2025 – automatic adjustments will be made to dollar amounts stated in certain sections of United States Code applicable to bankruptcy cases. The revised dollar amounts were published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2025. The adjustment will apply to cases commenced on or after April 1, 2025.
There will be changes to the following Official Forms:
Official Form 106C, Schedule C: The Property You Claim as Exempt;
Official Form 107, Statement of Financial Affairs for Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy;
Official Form 122A-2, Chapter 7 Means Test Calculation;
Official Form 122C-2, Chapter 13 Calculation of Your Disposable Income;
Official Form 201, Voluntary Petition for Non-Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy;
Official Form 207, Statement of Financial Affairs for Non-Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy;
Official Form 410, Proof of Claim;
Director’s Form 2000, Required Lists, Schedules, Statements, and Fees; and
Director’s Form 2830, Chapter 13 Debtor’s Certifications...
03/10/2025
Starting on April 13, 2025, PACER users can once again be able to search for bankruptcy records using only the SSN/EIN on the PACER Case Locator (PCL) Bankruptcy Search page. To use this method, users will need to respond to a CAPTCHA challenge.
The original announcement along with additional information can be found on the PACER website here.
03/04/2025
Please be advised that the recent Apple iOS 18.2 software update may affect the receipt of the Court's Notices of Electronic Filing. The software update modifies the native iOS Mail app and adds a new feature called categories. These categories were intended to assist users in prioritizing their email messages. Users have conveyed to some courts that emails sent via CM/ECF and GovDelivery were automatically categorized as "Updates" and thereby filtered out of their inboxes. This categorization could result in the unintentional overlooking of important case-related and other court notifications.
Users may want to modify their Mail app automatic categories or disable the categorization all together. For more information on the software update and to review the steps for modifying this new feature, please visit the Apple support website here.
02/19/2025
Pay.gov services will be unavailable on Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 5:00pm to 9:00pm CT. No payments can be made through Pay.gov during this time. If you have questions, please contact the clerk’s office at (833) 758-0380.
01/30/2025
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025, in observance of Washington’s Birthday. CM/ECF will be fully operational and will be accepting electronic filings from registered users. The court will resume normal operations on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
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