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About Illinois Southern Bankruptcy Court

Illinois Southern Bankruptcy Court is based in East St. Louis, with another location in Benton. The court has jurisdiction for the following thirty-eight (38) counties in the state of Illinois:

Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson

Illinois Southern Bankruptcy Court is part of the Seventh Circuit which encompasses the federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Court Locations

East St. Louis

Melvin Price Federal Building and United States Courthouse
750 Missouri Avenue
East St. Louis, IL 62201

618-482-9400

Benton

United States Courthouse
301 West Main Street
Benton, IL 62812

618-435-2200

CM/ECF Information

Illinois Southern Bankruptcy Court's CM/ECF version is NextGen CM/ECF Release 1.8 (Revision 1.8.1). The maximum file size for a PDF upload is thirty-five (35) megabytes. CM/ECF for Illinois Southern Bankruptcy Court is available at:

https://ecf.ilsb.uscourts.gov

Electronic Proof of Claim (ePOC) is an online tool to help creditors easily create, file, or amend a Proof of Claim (Official Form 410) without a login or password. ePOC is available at:

https://ecf.ilsb.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/autoFilingClaims.pl

The CM/ECF Helpdesk phone number for Illinois Southern Bankruptcy Court is:

618-482-9075