SPECIAL ORDER NO.: 2021 - 28

SUBJECT: Legal Holiday Schedule

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

(a) With the exception of the Pretrial Division (bond court) and the Juvenile Justice Division,which convene every day of the year, the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, shall adjourn, and the office of the circuit clerk shall be closed on the following legal holidays for the year 2022:

December 31, 2021  New Year's Day (Observed)                              Friday

January 17             Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Observed)       Monday

February 11           Lincoln's Birthday (Observed)                              Friday

February 21           Washington's Birthday (Observed)                      Monday

March 7                 Casimir Pulaski Day                                            Monday

May 30                  Memorial Day                                                     Monday

June 20                 Juneteenth Day (Observed)                                 Monday

July 4                    Independence Day                                              Monday

September 5         Labor Day                                                           Monday

October 10            Columbus Day                                                     Monday

November 8          Election Day                                                        Tuesday

November 11        Veterans Day                                                       Friday

November 24-25    Thanksgiving                                       Thursday, Friday

December 26         Christmas Day (Observed)                                  Monday


(b) All matters returnable on said legal holidays shall be continued to the next business day of the
court.

(c) All deadlines for filing motions and pleadings shall be extended to the court's next business
day.

Dated this 21 st day of July, 2021.

ENTER:                   

Timothy C. Evans

Chief Judge

Circuit Court of Cook County