The collision is procedural and visible on the stamps. A verified motion asked that a judge other than Christopher Stride decide the asserted cause for substitution. On the same date, the clerk file-stamped a notice setting the matter for August 6 in Stride’s Courtroom T-611.
The narrow appellate question
The emergency papers frame the issue as who decides the for-cause motion, not whether the alleged cause is true. The movant cites 725 ILCS 5/114-5(d) and cases requiring another judge to decide a threshold-compliant motion.
What remains unproven from the public record
The file stamp does not establish that the motion was threshold-compliant, that it remained formally unreferred at every later moment, or that the named judge took merits action after filing. Those questions require the complete docket and any referral or assignment order.