What the Record Establishes

  • June 17, 2026: A remote appearance in which the defendant is held in the waiting room.
  • June 26–July 1, 2026: Representation requests routed for a judge and two probation employees.
  • July 16, 2026: Eight delivered administrative preservation notices to the Chief Judge.

What They Have Not Produced

  • The Odyssey case management audit log for the docket entries in dispute.
  • Host-side Zoom telemetry for Courtroom T-611 on June 17, 2026, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
  • eCourt server and access logs for the June 2026 filing interval.
  • Written confirmation that a litigation hold was implemented after the delivered notices.

What This Office Does

The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit is the Illinois circuit court serving Lake County. Its Chief Judge holds administrative authority over court operations, including the technical systems that record filings, generate docket entries, and host remote proceedings.

  • Assigns judges and courtrooms across five divisions
  • Administers the case management system and its audit logging
  • Hosts and controls remote-appearance sessions and their telemetry
  • Routes representation requests for judicial and probation personnel
  • Holds administrative preservation authority over court-controlled records

The Documented Record

  1. June 17, 2026

    A remote appearance in which the defendant is held in the waiting room

  2. June 26–July 1, 2026

    Representation requests routed for a judge and two probation employees

  3. July 16, 2026

    Eight delivered administrative preservation notices to the Chief Judge

  4. October 3, 2025

    A courtroom email routes filed papers to the judge without the filer

  5. July 23, 2026

    A substitution motion and a setting before the named judge share a file stamp

Records Demanded and Not Produced

Each of these exists inside this agency’s own systems. Each has been requested.

  • The Odyssey case management audit log for the docket entries in dispute.
  • Host-side Zoom telemetry for Courtroom T-611 on June 17, 2026, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
  • eCourt server and access logs for the June 2026 filing interval.
  • Written confirmation that a litigation hold was implemented after the delivered notices.

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Officials named in the record at this agency